Healthy Eating
At Second Harvest Community Food Bank we are not just concerned with keeping people fed today. We are working to distribute nutritious, fresh, healthy food that will ensure the healthy future of our community.
We know how expensive it is to buy food, especially produce. We also know that because of this too many low income families resort to fast food and prepackaged choices that are high in fat and low in nutritional value. It’s not that they are ignorant of the consequences of this choice, but their budget only stretches so far. Unfortunately a myriad of health problems ensue.
Second Harvest tackles this problem in five ways. The Food Rescue program partners with area grocers and eating establishments to acquire fresh produce and non-shelf-stable food that can be readily distributed quickly among our member agencies to clients. Second Harvest also works with the food industry to utilize product that is non-shelf-stable or perishable.
Food drives are Second Harvest’s most important source of nutritious, shelf-stable foods like canned protein, fruits and vegetables, peanut butter and boxed items. The food collected from food drives is distributed through Harvest Boxes, which contain 50 pounds of food and 10 pounds of protein.
We also promote healthy eating through:
