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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.

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Community Garden Increases Access to Fresh Produce in Houma, Louisiana
Oct 12, 2020
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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.

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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.

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Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP)
2013 US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A multi-component approach by which schools and districts use all opportunities for students to be physically active and meet the nationally-recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day.
- SNAP-Ed Staff Training
Connecticut Breastfeeding Initiative (CBI)
2010 Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition (CBC)
The Connecticut Breastfeeding Initiative (CBI) is a PSE Change intervention designed to promote practices in maternity facilities that support the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Cooking Matters for Healthcare Partners
2020 Open Hand Cooking Matters and Wholesome Wave Georgia
Cooking Matters for Healthcare Partners (CMHP) is a direct education and policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change intervention designed to increase participant consumption of fruits and vegetables by 15% based on the pre-post program surveys, increase participant access to direct nutrition
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Cooking with Kids
Feb 02, 2018 When kids help make healthy foods, they are excited to try them! Cooking with Kids teaches public school children about the joys of healthy cooking and eating and where their food comes from.

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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
CookShop
2003 Food Bank For New York City
CookShop is a core nutrition education program of Food Bank For New York City, providing low-income children and adults with the knowledge and tools to adopt and enjoy a healthy diet and active lifestyle on a limited budget.
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Creating a Culture of Wellness in Preschools
Apr 27, 2018 Since 2012, the Culture of Wellness in Preschools (COWP) has worked to prevent early childhood obesity in Colorado. The program has reached over 22,000 children and their families in 140 low-income preschools across 12 counties in Colorado.

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