Research & Practice
Strategies for Healthier and Culturally Relevant Food at King County Food Banks
The food bank and emergency food system in the United States requires rethinking. Northwest Harvest, a food bank distributor and anti-hunger organization in King County is transforming emergency food by moving away from a charity model to a social justice model. One of the ways this organization is moving to a social justice model is by providing healthier, lower sodium and more culturally relevant food and support.
Objectives of this project included:
- Creating a buying guide to help make food bank leads and procurement directors more nutrition savvy shoppers.
- Demonstrating an understanding of the importance of cultural humility and anti-racism at an anti-hunger organization.
- Developing picture-based recipes to be used by food bank clients of all language and literacy backgrounds
- Designing donor material templates that highlight culturally relevant food.
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Project Type(s): MPH Practicum, PH Concentration Poster
Author(s): Divya Pahwa
Program(s): Master of Public Health, RDN Training
Year: 2020
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