Community Eligibility Provision

Dec 05, 2019 Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) provides an alternative to families applying for free and reduced-price school meals.

Community Gardens Bring Healthy Food to those in Need in Rural Alabama 

Oct 26, 2018 Alabama SNAP-Ed increased access to healthy and affordable food by growing fresh vegetables in the Community Gardens in Rural Alabama pilot program! These fresh vegetables can help to improve the health and nutrition of people living in rural communities who are at higher risk for chronic disease than people living in urban settings.

Community Garden Increases Access to Fresh Produce in Houma, Louisiana

Oct 12, 2020

SUMMARY

Live Healthy Houma, a community coalition led by the LSU AgCenter, transformed a local park in Houma, Louisiana into a community garden. The project began in January of 2019. LSU AgCenter staff held a local public forum to find out what could be done to make the community healthier.

 

Community Garden Program during COVID-19 Helps Families Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19 made the 2020 summer garden program in Plymouth, Massachusetts, uncertain, but UMass Extension’s SNAP-Ed partners found a way to make it succeed, and how! This 4-year-old community gardening program reinvented itself and, in the process, provided safe and healthy food for many families and households in town.

Community in Action: Walk Fairview Day

Feb 15, 2022 Walking around the neighborhood is a great way to add physical activity to your day and improve your health. But what if there are barriers in your environment to physical activity? A group of youth from the Fairview Community in Hillsborough, North Carolina identified these barriers.