Dragonfly Tales: Your August PHA Update

This Month from PHA

By Partnership for a Healthier America ● Aug 05, 2022

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📣 We received a three-year grant that will allow us to work with community stakeholders to transform the food system in the Mississippi Delta.

📦 Our Good Food for All program is going strong in St. Louis, Missouri. We're providing produce boxes to families during the 12 weeks of summer break with help from our local partners.

🧑‍🍳 We hope you'll enjoy the August recipe of the month: Rainbow Noodle Salad. This chilled salad recipe was inspired by our Good Food for All work in St. Louis, MO. It can be made with peanuts or any allergy-friendly nut.

🎙️The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health will be convening in September. We're thrilled to be part of exciting conversations about how we can make the biggest impact for Food Equity.

💚 Thank you for supporting our work to improve Food Equity at every level of the food system. We hope you enjoy reading about all the latest updates from our team! Please, consider making a tax-deductible gift now to help make this work possible.

Thank you,

The Partnership for a Healthier America Team

Advancing Food Equity in the Mississippi Delta

🌱 In partnership with the Mississippi Delta community, we're transforming the local food system in pursuit of health equity.

🙌🏽 We're excited to work with local stakeholders to increase the affordability, accessibility, and visibility of fruits and vegetables in the Delta through community-centered change focused on empowering young people.

⭐ This work is supported by a three-year grant from Novo Nordisk to advance regional Food Equity.

Good Food for All in St. Louis

🍎 Good Food for All in St. Louis has provided 1.8 million servings of fresh fruits and vegetables to 3,000 local families in partnership with Gateway Region YMCA and Ole Tyme Produce.

🥣 Did you know that rates of food insecurity increase during the summer months when school lunches are unavailable? Good Food for All aimed to bridge this gap in St. Louis by providing produce boxes to families during the 12 weeks of summer break and when food costs are rising due to inflation.

Recipe of the Month: Rainbow Noodle Salad

🌈 We hope you enjoy this recipe for Rainbow Noodle Salad. This chilled salad recipe includes a peanut dressing and a rainbow of colorful vegetables, including cabbage and bell peppers. Feel free to swap peanuts for any allergy-friendly nut or seed.

⭐ We're providing fresh produce - like cabbage and bell peppers - to families that face barriers to accessing healthy food as part of our work to fight for Food Equity. We're currently distributing boxes in St. Louis, MO in coordination with Gateway Area YMCA.

🍴 Check out more delicious recipes from Good Food for All here.

White House Conference: Moving our Food System Towards Equity

📖 The first and only White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health was held in 1969. More than 1,400 nutrition and food assistance programs and recommendations were implemented or improved as a result - including programs like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

❗It's time for another big step forward. That's why the White House is hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September!

💡The goal is to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030, so that fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. We are thrilled by all of the possibilities of this conference because it ties to the work that PHA is doing every day to fight for Food Equity. Keep an eye out for updates coming out of this conference!