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A School Garden Flourishes in Rural Nevada
2022
Children living in Pahrump, Nevada learn more about the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables by building their own school garden.

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Adapting Garden Leadership Trainings to a Virtual Setting
2022
Community Gardens serve as a tool to improve food insecurity and provide nutrition education. They also strengthen community relationships! These communal spaces have been especially important during the COVID pandemic. They allow an opportunity for connection and provide an activity that can be meditative and restorative.

Remote/Virtual

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Buy Eat Live Better
2017
Buy Eat Live Better: Teaches SNAP-Ed eligible youth and adults in the locations that they eat, live, learn, work, play, and shop. Collaborates with community and statewide partners to leverage resources and increase program reach to eligible audiences. Empowers organizations and individuals to create changes in policies, systems, and environments that make the healthy choice the easy choice for all Montanans.

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CATCH - Coordinated Approach to Child Health
2021 CATCH Global Foundation; University of Texas School of Public Health (UTHealth)
The CATCH Program is a PSE change and direct education intervention that addresses the physical, mental, and emotional health of youth through its Mind-Heart-Body approach and coordinated framework.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
CATCH Early Childhood
2011 CATCH Global Foundation, University of Texas School of Public Health
The Coordinated Approach to Child Health Early Childhood (CEC) is a direct education and PSE change intervention designed to nurture a love of physical activity (PA) while introducing classroom-based gardening, nutrition, and healthy eating in children ages 3-5.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Self-Management Resource Center
The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is a direct education intervention that helps individuals and caregivers of those with chronic health conditions build a "toolbox" of strategies they can utilize to help achieve their health goals.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Community Gardens Bring Healthy Food to those in Need in Rural Alabama
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.

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

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Cooking with Kids BIG little Project
2019 Cooking with Kids, Inc.
Cooking with Kids BIG little Project is a school-based food nutrition education curriculum program designed to educate and empower children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Creating A More Accessible Community Health Hub
2022
Shreveport residents with disabilities now have greater access to fresh produce, preventive healthcare, physical activity, and community involvement. This is thanks to accessibility improvements made at a local community health hub. All residents can now learn how to make healthful lifestyle choices while receiving free health screenings and building meaningful connections with their neighbors.

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