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Daniel
Block is an associate professor of geography at Chicago State University and
the director of the Fred Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center. He has a
particular interest in inner-city food access issues. Most recently, he
led the Northeastern Illinois Community Food Security Assessment, a large scale
food access study funded primarily through the Searle Funds of Chicago
Community Trust. He also coordinated the
Chicago Food and Fitness Initiative, a neighborhood-based plan bringing organizations
interested in food security and fitness together in community projects. In an earlier project, he led a large food
access study of the Austin neighborhood of Chicago’s West Side. Dr. Block is active in the Chicago Food
Policy Advisory Council, as well as community commissions on food access
issues. Dr. Block has a Ph.D. in
geography from UCLA, where he focused on milk, public health, regulation, and
the rise of the modern American food system.
He is the past president of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values
Society.
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