Nicole Toussaint, Ph.D.
National University of Natural Medicine
NU411
Critical Assessment Worksheet
Use this worksheet to make easier your data collection and analysis efforts.
PART 1
Initiative or organization name: _______________________________________________
√ = yes; X = no. Use these symbols to indicate whether (or not) the assessment criteria has been
met. Draw lines under the symbol selected to demonstrate the degree to which it has been addressed:
0 lines = partly or incompletely; 2 lines = somewhat or moderately; 3 lines = completely.
FOOD SECURITY
Components
Availability – write in definition
circle
√ X
Evidence
1.
2.
Affordability – write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
Accessibility – write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
Appropriateness – write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
Acceptability – write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
FOOD JUSTICE
Food justice - write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
FOOD SOVEREIGNITY
Food sovereignty - write in definition
√
X
1.
2.
SCALABILITY
Scalability is the ability to reach/help many
people; scaling maximizes food security impact.
Please circle the range of the initiative or
organization: neighborhood-level, local
(town/city), state, regional, national, or global
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability refers to the resources (financial,
leadership, community involvement) and
planning in place (i.e., business or strategic
plan) an initiative or organization needs to
sustain itself over the long-term
√
X
1.
2.
√
X
1.
2.
Nicole Toussaint, Ph.D.
National University of Natural Medicine
NU411
PART 2
Initiative or organization name: _______________________________________________
Food security is partly/incompletely/somewhat/moderately/completely addressed by
_____________________________.
This solution to _________________________________ improves food _____________.
[Add supportive evidence].
It does not tackle ______________________________ or _________________________, so the
intervention is not entirely acceptable. [Add supportive evidence].
Concentrating on the consequences of symptoms of the problem, instead of its origin or root cause, is
another shortcoming. [Explain why].
Finally, the approach does/does not address food justice or food sovereignty, without which food
security is impossible. [Explain why].
Its scope and focus (scalability) on ________________ reduces/enhances its capacity to make a big
impact on food insecurity.
As far as sustainability goes… __________________________________.