East Hollywood Certified Farmers' Market

Almost a quarter (24.2%) of 5th, 7th, and 9th grade children in Hollywood are considered obese. Within the Metro Service Planning Area 4 of Los Angeles County, 70% of adults with diabetes are low-income and almost 80% of adults reporting fair/poor health are low-income. According to the 2010 US Census, 24.3% of residents in East Hollywood live below the poverty line compared to the state average of 14%. From 2015 to 2017, Los Angeles County had on average the highest child poverty rate in California: 26.1%. [https://www.ppic.org/publication/child-poverty-in-california/] According to a food assessment of the Hollywood area conducted in 2002-03 by the LA Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, only 17% of all participants surveyed eat 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day, and 38% report eating fruits and vegetables at a rate of less than once per day. According to surveys conducted by the Youth Policy Institute in 2013 in East Hollywood, 82.1% of respondents under age 18 eat four or fewer servings of fruits and vegetables each day. [https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/lflpcaplosangeles.pdf]