Increase Access to Nutritious & Affordable Food
Access:
We want to change the way the food system works. Everyone should have access to healthy food, regardless of income. This is called "food justice" - the belief that healthy food is a human right. Our current food system is failing to provide low-income people with the healthy foods they need to thrive. We are working to connect low income families with access to healthy, fresh produce.
We want to change the way the food system works. Everyone should have access to healthy food, regardless of income. This is called "food justice" - the belief that healthy food is a human right. Our current food system is failing to provide low-income people with the healthy foods they need to thrive. We are working to connect low income families with access to healthy, fresh produce.
Current Projects:
- Working in Conjunction with the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College to pilot the The Fair Project in June 2011, a food gap voucher program designed to provide 25 families, whose income is between 160%-250% of the FIPG, with $40 in monthly vouchers for use at the Adams County Farm Fresh Markets.
- Collaborating with the Adams County Farmers' Market Association to promote an Electronic Benefit Machine (EBT) for use at the markets at the Rec Park the Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg.
- Collaborating with the Adams County Farmers' Market Association, Healthy Adams County and local businesses to
implement a Double Dollars Program for SNAP recipients at the
Adams County Farm Fresh Markets.
- Updating initial research and rewriting Closing the Food Gap in Adams County.
- Research, graph and make a video demonstrating the food gap created by the drop-off of welfare benefits.
- Writing grant proposals to enhance the work of the Food Policy Council.