Flavour Fleet: Food Distribution System

Within many communities there exists a gap in their food supply, these gaps in food supplies are called food deserts and food swamps. When there is a gap in supermarket access, there is a major impact on the health, wellbeing, and finances of the local residence. Currently residents rely on a mix of local options that often lack full nutritional value or use transportation that increases the impact of their time and budgets. Soup kitchens and social programming are available, but they do not exist as a complete solution to the problem that lower income families face. Budgeting and education play a role in their situation. Nutritious food often takes a back seat to other bills while waiting for fresh income. Education for preparing food with what is available also presents a challenge. User studies based on the daily food habits of residence of a food desert will include interviews and surveys to show an in-depth look at the impacts of difficult supply situations. A one-to-one scale model will be developed to prove the full-bodied ergonomic solution and to validate the final design. The solution will improve the lifestyle and wellbeing of the residents of food deserts by improving their access to nutritious diet options.