Test Your Trivia: Factors to Food Access

What factor impacts a family’s access to food?

1. Lack of transportation
2. Living in a food desert
3. Poverty / low income
4. All of the above

Answer: All of the above… and more

Here’s how these play a role in making food access difficult for families:

• Lack of transportation – Families may not have reliable transportation to reach grocery stores.
• Living in a food desert – For some communities, the nearest store with affordable, healthy food is miles away.
• Poverty / low income – Limited budgets make balancing housing, childcare, food, and other expenses extremely difficult.

Other factors can include:

• Mental illness
• Working hours conflicting with ability to grocery shop
• Disability
• Lacking access to cooking facilities
• Increasing food prices
• Systemic racism
• Political upheaval
• Unemployment
• Income
• Language spoken
• Number of children in household
• Education level

Food access is complex. It isn’t simply about having food on store shelves. It’s often a combination of multiple challenges that can make it incredibly hard for families to break the cycle. A family might face one barrier one month and several the next. When these factors pile up, putting food on the table can become a daily struggle.

Test More of Your Knowledge

• Which food from our bags is known as the “king of fruits”?
  • 1. Apples 2. Mangoes 3. Pears 4. Peaches
• Which types of veggies contain the most protein?
  • 1. Legumes 2. Root Vegetables 3. Cruciferous Vegetables 4. Leafy Greens