Date Approved
12-6-2022
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Social Innovation (M.A.)
Degree Program
School of Community Leadership & Development
First Advisor
Daniela Marini
Academic Year
2022/2023
Abstract
This study investigates the nutrition education programs implemented by organizations that operate Fresh Markets in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the goal of connecting empowered nutrition education to a food justice context. A review of scholarly literature reveals that there has been limited published work within the last three decades that integrates empowered nutrition to a food justice context. Analysis of interviews conducted with the four organizations indicates that nutrition education is used as a tool of empowerment in a food justice framework. However, this study reveals that nutrition education cannot be used alone as a tool of empowerment, rather it is a small part of a larger structure, fulfilling a specific role to empower communities. Further research is needed on the role of nutrition education in communities being empowered through transformative food justice work.
ScholarWorks Citation
DeVries, Claire, "Nutrition Education as a Tool of Empowerment" (2022). Culminating Experience Projects. 211.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/211
