Page 2 - Snap Ed News Today

NorthWest Initiative offers food distribution, community gardens, nutrition education, cooking programs, school-based gardens, and a mobile farmers market. 

URBANA, Ill.

University of Illinois Extension will partner with the Esperanza Center in Moline on a community gardening project, according to a news release. With funding from Growing Together Illinois, volunteers including Master Gardeners, 4-H, Palomares Social Justice Center, the Boys and Girls Club, Mercado on 5th, and SNAP-Ed, working together to build, plant, grow and harvest […]

The Greater Flint Health Coalition delivers nutrition and physical activity education with SNAP-Ed direct education programming to residents, including senior citizens, across Flint and Genesee County.

Promote healthy eating and active living behaviors among people receiving SNAP benefits.

Mike Lonergan is a lifelong gardener who donates a generous amount of produce to food pantries. The University of Illinois Extension wants more backyard gardeners to "be like Mike" and become a steady source of fresh produce for food pantry clients.

On Friday, a number of healthcare agencies will gather to provide their services at the...

The Literacy Volunteers of Laredo will be hosting the first class of a healthy family...

The Middletown Farmers Market opened for the season Friday, featuring various groups,...

Credit Melorie Begay / KLCC News Attending higher education can be exciting. Not only is it an opportunity to learn, it’s a chance to make new friends and engage in new experiences. But navigating college can be even more challenging if students’ basic needs aren’t met.  63% of surveyed Oregon community college students experienced some kind of basic needs insecurities in 2019. That number, which doesn’t include students at universities, has most likely increased during the pandemic a...