Community food access and food security are meaningful public health indicators that play an integral role in overall nutrition health and wellbeing. Adequate food access is determined by the level of availability and affordability of healthy foods, combined with cultural appropriateness and community know-how of acquiring, preparing, and eating those foods. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other GIS-based organizations provide useful resources to assess degrees of food access at the local level. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other state-level entities track public health nutrition indicators, such as fruit and vegetable consumption and prevalence of chronic disease. This type of information can be utilized by local planning or local health departments to facilitate and evaluate need and impact of local food strategies.