Communities in Tulsa that struggle with foods security will shortly see much more fruits and veggies.
 This thirty day period the United States Department of Agriculture declared that nonprofit Hunger Cost-free Oklahoma will receive a record-breaking $14.2 million around 4 several years to increase a application named Double Up Oklahoma that will get create to lower-earnings communities.
 It is effective by matching pounds from SNAP, a federal nourishment assistance strategy. Right after SNAP recipients get groceries, they get up to […]
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SAN ANTONIO – A local nonprofit is working with schools across the city to create gardens and teach kids about healthy eating and the science of gardening. “Most kids are used to going to the grocery store to get their food and they have no idea that most of the produce they buy comes off a plant,” Ashton Ellis, the garden teacher at Gardopia Gardens said. Gardopia Gardens was founded in 2015 and works with different groups across the city, […]
The food justice work being done by local nonprofit Healthy Day Partners started by looking at a hyperlocal version of the issue — other kids who went to school with the founder’s son didn’t have the same access to healthy snacks. “I noticed a lot of kids didn’t have food during recess, and I realized very quickly that they couldn’t afford it, so my co-founder and I … very quietly, supplied organic, healthy snacks in the classroom. It grew into […]
Rising food costs have made providing healthy food options to low-income families difficult, according to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. “Everyone deserves access to good, nutritious food — and enough of it to live healthy, successful lives,” said Joe Arthur, Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. “There is a direct correlation between food insecurity and the lack of nutritious food, which increases the risk of negative health outcomes and chronic disease. Having access to healthy food will ultimately […]
