food-access-capstone

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🖱️ And view interactive dashboard here.

🥫 Executive Summary:

Food insecurity, put simply by Feeding America, is “When people don't have enough to eat … [or] know where their next meal will come from.” Dealing with hunger can affect many aspects of a person’s wellbeing, beyond simply physical health. This project aims to examine income and other key issues communities with higher rates of food insecurity experience.

🤔 Research Questions:

• What is the correlation between low food access and low income?
• Which areas are most affected by food insecurity?
• Does SNAP enrollment seem to be keeping up with the state’s current needs?

🧠 Data Used:

• USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019)
• USA Census - Household Income in Tennessee (2022)
• State of TN - Children Served by Program (2015-2022)

📊 Technologies Used

• Excel
• Python
• Seaborn and Matplotlib
• Geopandas
• Tableau

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