Foraging, perennial vegetables, and nutritional resilience in a farmworker community: a mixed-methods analysis comparing nutrition functional diversity and the healthy eating index

IntroductionFarmworker communities face significant food access barriers including economic constraints, immigration enforcement threats, and geographic isolation from retail food sources. Foraging practices and perennial vegetable use have been proposed as nutrition resilience strategies in these communities, yet their contributions to dietary quality remain poorly understood. The objective of...