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  • Eat the Streets: Exposure to Fruits and Vegetables

    Oct 18, 2017

    The goal of this project was to help people gain access to healthy foods. Beans, cherry tomatoes, and herbs are just a few of the things residents will be able to pick while visiting the park. These planters will also help to maintain an active and attractive downtown.

    planters in an alley

  • Edible Main Street: Exposure to Fruits and Vegetables

    Oct 17, 2017

    The goal is to demonstrate how to grow vegetables and herbs with the hope of inspiring people to grow their own food. This project started with 12 planters and added 4 more in 2016. Each planter has an accompanying educational description and suggested culinary use for its contents.

    planter with vegetables growing in it

  • Maine Harvest Bucks Promotion Project

    Oct 17, 2017

    Maine Harvest Bucks are nutrition incentives (funded through the USDA’s Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program) that allow SNAP/EBT shoppers to receive bonus dollars towards the purchase of local fruits and vegetables for every SNAP dollar spent.

    collage of incentive pilot marketing materials

  • Kids Club at Rockland Farmers' Market

    Oct 17, 2017

    Maine SNAP-Ed teamed up with the market manager and local businesses to offer Kids Club, an interactive summer nutrition education program for youth. In 2016, 72 children participated in Kids Club, with the goal of increasing access to fruits and vegetables and encouraging interaction with local farmers—creating lifelong farmers’ market customers in Knox County.

    a girl with a backpack full of vegetables

  • Gleaning from Farms to the Communities

    Oct 17, 2017

    **An updated story on this program is available.** Nutrition Educators in Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties partnered with their local food security organizations to distribute gleaned produce to high-need sites throughout the Midcoast. At one low-income housing site, Bath Housing, an estimated 150 individuals received nearly 1,000 pounds of free, fresh, local produce in the summer of 2016.

    people picking food in a field

  • Sustainable Garden for Low-Income Seniors

    Oct 17, 2017

    In 2017, Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educators are helping to establish 10 community gardens across the state, including these raised beds. The educator collaborated with the housing site staff and the residents to prepare a garden site, and through local donations, eight raised garden beds were built and seedlings were planted

    raised garden beds next to a parking lot

  • High Risk Patients Learn Nutrition Skills

    Oct 13, 2017

    Through collaborations with three key partners, Nutrition Educators have reached a total of 252 high-risk patients in 2015 and 2016 with nutrition education. Patients and their families learn how to shop, cook, and eat healthy on a limited budget.

    people attending a tasting event

  • New Mainers Learn Strategies to Shop, Cook, and Eat Healthy

    Oct 12, 2017

    “New Mainers,” are from numerous countries of origin and participants have represented at least six different languages. With the support of interpreters, adult and youth participants overcome language and cultural barriers to learn key nutrition concepts. Adult participants learn how to shop and prepare healthy and familiar meals on a limited budget, an essential skill to support adjustment to their new communities.

    picture of people in a cooking class

  • Plan, Shop, Save, Cook for Homeless Youth

    Sep 08, 2017

    In the 2016-17 school year nearly 9 percent of the students in Coos Bay School District (CBSD) reported being homeless, including about 130 high school students. For these students, cooking healthy meals isn’t always a top priority.

    participants pose with their new electric skillets

  • Illinois Junior Chefs

    Sep 08, 2017

    Across the state of Illinois, kids aged 8-13 are learning confidence in the kitchen through a hands-on culinary and nutrition education program, Illinois Junior Chefs.

    girl cutting up strawberries