Food Access and Resources
Nutrition Educators visit several food pantries in Barnstable County to show low income individuals and families how to utilize pantry available foods in healthy recipes. Here you will find an updated guide to Cape Cod Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Elder Services, and Meal Sites. Holiday food access and food pantry information will also be published.
A Guide to Cape Cod Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Elder Services, and Meal Sites that can provide you and families with food.
Click here to download the Food Resource Guide.
Haga clic aquí para descargar la Guía de recursos alimentarios.
Clique aqui para baixar o Guia de Recursos Alimentares.
Klike la a pou telechaje Gid Resous Manje a.
Do you or someone you know receive SNAP benefits? Here’s an opportunity to earn extra money by purchasing farm-fresh fruits and vegetables! With SNAP, you can now get reimbursed for your expenses at participating farm stands and farmers markets through the Healthy Incentive Program (HIP). If you already have SNAP, you are automatically enrolled in HIP, and there’s no additional action required to benefit from this program.
Help feed people and keep food out of landfills.
Donate excess food as a business. Volunteer as a rescuer and transport food from donors to our partners.
Reduce both hunger and food waste by rescuing excess food from restaurants, hotels, farms, markets, and other local businesses, and divert it to organizations who are able to distribute to those most in need.
Are you a local food provider who would like to ensure their excess food goes to those who need it most instead of the landfill? We can help arrange that!
Are you interested in becoming a food rescuer who volunteers by picking up unwanted food and delivering to organizations in your area who can use it? Let’s talk!
To be a food donor or food rescuer contact Andrea Marczely at andrea.marczely@capecod.gov or (508) 375-6944.
Cooking Demonstrations and Nutrition Displays are provided with opportunity for tasting and taking home recipes is part of each visit.
Workshops are scheduled as requested using MyPlate as a visual guide to promote healthy eating and nutrition. Topics such as diabetes, cooking for one or two, meal preparation, gluten free eating, and emergency food preparation are examples of subjects covered.
Nutrition educators work with this network of about 30 food pantries to bring healthy cooking and nutrition education to low income audiences. Click here for more info.
F2E is a project that continues to evolve and is based on educating the public as to healthier options to choose at food pantries and stores. Nutrition messages delivered include healthy shopping, choosing lower sodium, less solid fats and added sugars and increasing fruits and vegetables. Nutrition educators demonstrate how to prepare produce, some of which may be unfamiliar to this audience. Coordination with Barnstable County Public Nurses and local community health centers has allowed for monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar to personalize the project and is proving to have a positive impact on the health of the pantry clients. Initial funding was made possible through a grant from Cape Cod Healthcare’s Community Benefits.
Cook Well, Live Well, Eat Well is a project of the Cape Cod Hunger Network with support from Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Nutrition Education Program and Bilezikian Family Foundation, 2011. The program is designed to steer us towards healthy food choices and tasty meals with fewer ingredients so that we might lessen our chances of chronic illness and live active and happy lives. The program is made up of three components (click on the links below to download materials):
- DVD — Featuring cooking demonstrations, nutrition and food safety education.
- Cookbook — distributed at local food pantries to encourage healthy home made meals using foods typically available at the pantries.
- Resource Binder — Copy-ready fact sheets and information for food pantry volunteers and clients. Binder sections include:
Hard copy materials have been made available to the 30+ food pantries and members of the Cape Cod Hunger Network. The public may print the materials by clicking on the links above.
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