Nutrition
What We Do
- Choosing Healthy Options (CHOP): Our food bank has developed a scientific-based nutrition ranking system to ensure that our product is the most healthy option available.
- Cooking, Activity and Nutrition (CAN) Newsletter: Each month we distribute over 30,000 newsletters to our agencies and their clients with nutrition education materials including recipes and wellness activities.
- Cooking Demonstrations: Our nutrition staff visits each of our agencies at least once a year to demonstrate nutritious cooking options for our products and answer client questions related to nutrition and a healthy diet. During farm stand season, we do monthly cooking demonstrations at each location.
- Food Safety: We require all member agencies to participate in food safety training.
- Breakfast 911: We partner with Duquesne Elementary School to provide nutrition education materials and ensure that all children receive a healthy breakfast.
- Kids Cook: At several after-school programs we teach healthy recipes and cooking skills in a three-part hands-on workshop series.
- Recipe Box: Check out our newly updated recipe box to download your favorite healthy recipes—or even submit one of your own!
Nutrition Links
- Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network: (external link)Find out what nutrition activities are going on in your state and check out links to helpful nutrition education materials.
- American Dietetic Association: (external link)Look here for recent nutrition research and peer-reviewed statements on health issues.
- United States Department of Agriculture: (external link)Discover information on government nutrition programs and nutrition tools such as MyPyramid, food safety standards, and food regulations.
- National Institutes of Health: (external link)Read more about consumer health topics, abstracts for current research, and new medical studies.
For more information please contact our nutrition department at (412) 460-3663 ext. 253 or email nutrition@gpcfb.org.
