Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Nutrition

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is committed to providing nutrition education programs to people living in the low-income communities. The Food Bank offers a series of nutrition education initiatives that include: Cooking, Activity and Nutrition Newsletter; Food Demonstrations; and Commodity Supplemental Food Program Nutrition Materials.

Cooking, Activity and Nutrition Newsletter:

A monthly newsletter dedicated to nutritious eating and activity, healthy recipes using emergency food, and basic nutrition information. Each issue engages and educates parents and other family members about the connection between healthy eating and disease prevention. Each person who receives food assistance at a pantry takes home a copy of the newsletter that includes nutrition information and healthy recipes using the products distributed by the Food Bank. Current distribution is approximately 300,000 issues per year in a 9-county area of southwestern PA.

Food Demonstrations:

Through demonstrations and taste-testing at farm stands and food pantries, the nutrition staff show customers and clients healthy ways to prepare fresh produce or foods that they receive through their food pantry. Recipes and information on food storage and safe food handling practices are distributed at each demo and staff answers questions about food and nutrition.

Commodity Supplemental Food Program Nutrition Information:

Each month two commodities are featured in flyers included with the senior food box. Flyers are based on USDA commodity fact sheets, are senior friendly, and include information on using and storing the food, its nutrient content health benefits, and healthy recipes.

For more information about our nutrition education programs contact Kristi at (412) 460-3663, ext. 401.