Website Search Results for: Food Security
1115 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 891 - 900:
Date: May 2022
A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
...Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor 05/2022 No Kid Hungry Access · Food security and nutrition · Transportation...
Date: May 2022
A recorded webinar that discusses how to leverage online technologies to help rural communities access Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Transcript available below description.
...Hungry Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Technology for health and human services...
Date: Nov 2021
Video of testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on Nov. 2, 2021. Discusses nutrition insecurity, nutrition-related health conditions, and diet-related disease, including ways in which this affects those who are low-income, rural, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and other racial or ethnic minorities. Includes links for transcripts.
...Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Access · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Policy · Tribal communities...
Date: Apr 2021
Examines the traditional and non-traditional role of rural hospitals as conveners that support community health initiatives and population health. Discusses examples of approaches used by rural and urban serving hospitals from Michigan and Virginia. Offers steps for hospitals on becoming a convener, and suggests community stakeholders for forming partnerships to improve health and well-being in their communities.
...volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Population health · Schools · Transportation · Michigan · Virginia...
Date: Sep 2021
A recorded webinar that provides an overview of the experiences of 16 No Kid Hungry grantees who worked with exclusively rural schools and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the demand for free and accessible meals, the benefits of partnerships, and the need for flexibility to break down barriers related to food insecurity.
...Children, Walmart Foundation COVID-19 · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration...
Date: Mar 2023
Reviews a case study about how an Extension program encouraged rural Tennessee farmers market producers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). Discusses the outcomes of a workshop about how to begin the EBT application process, advertise SNAP at a farmers market, and improve health benefits by expanding food access.
...Promotion Practice, 24(1) 03/2023 Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Tennessee...
Date: Jan 2020
Describes "Get Healthy, Eat Well," an initiative by Tanner Health System to promote healthy behaviors in its rural Georgia and Alabama communities. Provides an overview of the framework that guided the network of community partners, school and community interventions, and results of the program. Includes lessons learned and next steps.
...Food security and nutrition · Health systems · Networking and collaboration · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Social...
Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
Grants to support projects that improve health and well-being in communities in the Western Tidewater region of Virginia and North Carolina. The foundation focuses on populations experiencing barriers to health and well-being based on geographic location and other factors.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina · Virginia...
Date: May 2017
Details a project developed by the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to monitor atmospheric mercury in an attempt to protect a crucial food source traditionally utilized by the tribe. Discusses the tribe's partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP).
...NADP). 05/2017 Administration for Native Americans Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Maine...
Date: Sep 2017
Highlights a rural Vermont hospital's efforts to promote healthier eating habits both inside and outside the hospital by locally sourcing food, encouraging participation in their "Ton of Tomatoes" project, and processing produce to help food-insecure community members. Discusses efforts of other hospitals promoting healthy diets, including removing unhealthy cafeteria meal options and promoting community gardens.
...Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Hospitals · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...