Bulk Buying Club Toolkit: A Guide to Starting a Neighborhood Bulk Buying Club provides tips and resources for groups launching bulk buying clubs in their communities. The toolkit draws from the author’s experiences with the Fiestas Grocery Buying Club, as well … Read more
Just Eats Community Cooking Program: A facilitator’s guide to developing, organizing, and implementing community cooking classes
Just Eats is an adaptable toolkit for individuals and communities interested in staging community cooking classes. The toolkit includes a full five week class curriculum, best practice information, and supplementary materials.
The Politics of Community Engagement: How to Involve Community in Needed Food Policy Reform
The Politics of Community Engagement: How to Involve Community in Needed Food Policy Reform focuses on the best practices of food policy councils and their ability to keep community members involved in the policy-making process. The report also provides recommendations … Read more
World Vision’s Citizen Voice Action Methodology_Spanish
This presentation highlights the Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s (LACR) work with Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), a local-level social accountability methodology, which I gave in Nairobi, Kenya at a Global CVA Conference. It showcases how LACR has been … Read more
World Vision’s Citizen Voice Action Methodology_English
This presentation highlights the Latin America and the Caribbean Region’s (LACR) work with Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), a local-level social accountability methodology, which I gave in Nairobi, Kenya at a Global CVA Conference. It showcases how LACR has been … Read more
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State is a report that aims to improve the understanding and implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) restaurant meals … Read more
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks is a toolkit that provides best practices and recommendations to help Food Banks in Arizona ensure their programs and services are inclusive, welcoming and accessible to underserved communities, with a focus … Read more
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit provides homeless service agencies with best practices and lesson plans for nutrition education courses specifically targeted to homeless populations.
How Much Does it Cost to Eat Healthy?
How Much Does it Cost to Eat Healthy? analyzes the cost of healthy groceries in the District of Columbia’s grocery stores. The report includes quantitative analysis of USDA’s Thrifty Food Plan and local and federal policy recommendations.
Room to Grow: A Guide to School Gardening in Illinois
Room to Grow: A Guide to School Gardening in Illinois is a comprehensive guide for teachers that includes tools and information for planning, developing, and maintaining school gardens. It also includes garden-based curriculum that are linked to Illinois state education standards.
Education Works: Strengthening Vocational Education and Training in Mississippi’s TANF Program
Education Works: Strengthening Vocational Education and Training in Mississippi’s TANF Program offers recommendations for policy changes aimed at expanding access, encouraging participation, and improving credential attainment and long-term employment outcomes for TANF recipients in vocational education and training activities.
SNAP Outreach Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SNAP Outreach Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a best practices report for anti-hunger advocates in Pittsburgh to utilize undersubscribed government programs for underserved communities.