At the Food Bank, our Community Health & Engagement (CH&E) team regularly goes out into the community to hold cooking classes at Partner Agency sites. These are great opportunities to introduce new foods to people’s diets and help give them easy, quick, and low-cost recipes using healthful foods like whole grains, fresh produce, low fat [...]
In honor of National Nutrition Month, our nutrition intern Andrea Kerley spotlighted different food groups each week on social media - specifically shelf-stable items, why they are great choices, and the importance of these donations. These shelf-stable choices help us serve our neighbors, give healthy options to our communities, and fit the needs of everyone [...]
Playing in the summer heat works up an appetite. Try serving these healthy, kid friendly snacks, courtesy of our Nutrition Education Team.
"Food to me is home, food is family, food is history, there is just so much more to it."
We've taken action to educate ourselves and build new partnerships with organizations like AMEXCAN that work to empower LatinX communities.
The three main goals are to provide more nutritious food to the community, create an environment that is supportive of healthy choices, and help clients feel confident in preparing and consuming healthier foods.
For 12 weeks in spring/summer 2019, the Food Bank partnered with Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department on the Garden Corps project. Local teens learned about gardening from NCSU Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners in our BASF & Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Demonstration Garden, then tested out new recipes and [...]
Jacqueline uses our Mobile Kitchen Kits to teach children all about healthy foods and how to prepare them. Even the vegetable lesson was a hit!
My name is Jenny Ryan and I am the new Nutrition Education Coordinator. I am excited to be out with the neighbors we serve to showcase easy low-cost recipes across our 34 counties.
March is National Nutrition Month. Here at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, it’s also the anniversary of when we hired our first Nutrition Education Manager: Sara Clement, RD, LDN. In March 2017 Sara joined our new Community Health and Engagement Department, and quickly set to work infusing health and nutrition into [...]
