Provide practical information

Strive to provide simple, practical information on which foods are healthy and how to prepare them.

What you can do today

• Cooking Matters in Your Food Pantry has tips about what to stock in a food pantry and healthy recipes for families to enjoy.
• Review these free printable materials about healthy food choices and choose one or two to distribute: Choose MyPlate Printable Materials & Ordering

How Extension can help

Connect with a SNAP-Ed educator or an EFNEP coordinator to host a series of classes on healthy eating on a budget.

• Statewide: SNAP-Ed Team
• Metro only: Contact EFNEP

Find out more about promoting healthy eating at food shelves:

• Identify healthy food
• Source healthy food
• Work with local growers
• Ensure safety of healthy food
• Store Healthy Foods Properly
• Work with limited storage space
• Drive selection of healthy foods
• Find healthy recipes
• Enlist volunteers' help
• Include healthy foods in your backpack program
• Do cooking demonstrations
• Develop a healthy food policy
• Fund your healthy eating initiatives

Download the complete document: Promoting healthy eating at food shelves (PDF).