Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, Vol. 2(4) 2007 Available online at http://jhen.haworthpress.com © 2007 by The Haworth Press. All rights reserved. doi:10.1080/19320240802023759 3 WHEN 1932-0248 1932-0256 Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, Vol. 2, No. 4, March 2008: pp. 1–26 Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition ORIGINAL RESEARCH The Density of Retail Food Outlets in the Central Coast Region of California: Associations with Income and Latino Ethnic Composition Original Research JOURNAL OF HUNGER & ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION Philip H. Howard, PhD Brian Fulfrost, MS Philip H. Howard, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, East Lansing, MI (E-mail: howardp@msu.edu). Brain Fulfrost, MS, is a Senior Lecturer and GIS Coordinator at University of California, Santa Cruz, Environmental Studies Department, Santa Cruz, CA (E-mail: fulfrost@ucsc.edu). Both authors contributed equally to this work. The authors thank the California Department of Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, and the California Nutrition Network for providing retail data. Any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached are those of the authors and not the California Department of Public Health or the California Nutrition Network. We also thank the Agriculture & Land-Based Training Association and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties for suggestions that improved the study. Address correspondence to: Philip H. Howard, PhD, Michigan State University, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, 316 Natural Resources, East Lansing, MI 48823 (E-mail: howardp@msu.edu).