Community Needs Assessment

Today was my second day of class, and I was assigned into my gardening group, group C. We talked about the needs assessment project and what it entailed. We defined needs assessment as well as the seven steps that are involved in the process. My group is going to meet early next week to brainstorm our top three populations of interest for our project.

We also learned about food insecurity and watched a clip from the Erin Brockovich movie. We had a class discussion about how Julia Robert's character acted in the movie, and what signs of food insecurity we could spot. It was interesting to notice how food insecure families may live on a daily basis.

We then watched a 60 minutes segment on free food lines in Ohio. This segment was very eye opening and sad. Many families were interviewed, and it showed me how common food insecurity is in Ohio and what measures are taken to survive by many families.