Visit The Nutrition Learning Center to learn how to grow produce and make delicious meals for a farm-to-table experience in your backyard! For more information, please email Courtney, Nutrition Access Manager for Second Harvest. Second Harvest offers personal, classroom-style instruction to agencies serving students and families interested in a hands-on educational experience. The nutrition education resources shared include cooking demonstration videos, healthy recipes and tips for strengthening kitchen and cooking skills. Nutrition Access Program equips school teachers, children and families with resources to understand and value healthy food choices. You will find fresh produce, canned fruits and vegetables, eggs, milk and healthy proteins at a Fresh Pantry.
This health-supporting program is an expansion of Second Harvest’s Healthy Food Initiative that was started in 2012 to increase education and delivery of healthy foods to people in need in its 18-county service area. The truck’s design focuses on distributing healthy food. Rooted in Evidence grantee, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, is using grant funds for their Fresh Pantry Program. The Fresh Pantry Program provides families the ability to choose healthier foods. The first step in healthier food is increasing access. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a food desert is “an area where little fresh produce is available for sale”. This program, combined with education, empowers people to make healthier food choices.ĭue to “food deserts,” families struggle to access healthy food. This program aims to increase nutritious food through the Fresh Pantry. Through the Nutrition Access Program, Second Harvest improves access to healthy food and provides education on nutrition.
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