Healthy Foods, Healthy Families 2015 Outputs and Outcomes

350 low-income families learned about local, nutritious food options at 6 neighborhood farmers markets and 1 community center from July to October. 47% of families visited the farmers market 9+ times and received over $60 each to purchase local produce, helping to supplement tight budgets and increase access to healthy foods. By participating in interactive food-based nutrition lessons and receiving incentives, families built healthy habits together, empowered with the skills and tools to make healthy choices and invest in their health and communities. Through tasting new foods each week, 78% of families reported increased familiarity with different fruits and veggies. 96% of families increased their fruit and vegetable consumption as a result of participating in the program.

Totalfundsdistributed:$17,560

A Curriculum for Eating Fresh

Healthy Foods, Healthy Families (HFHF) runs for 17 weeks and features a bilingual and interactive curriculum. Examples of our food-based nutrition lessons include:

- Vegetables are Plant Parts We Eat - The Benefits of Local Food: Where Does

My Food Come From? - The Colors of Health: How Eating a

Rainbow of Colors is Best for My Body - Cooking with Kids

Increased Access to Healthy Food

In 2015, over $17,000 was distributed to

Rhode Island families in need.

Totally Tried It!

• In 2015, participation in our at-home challenge, Totally Tried It, was

• greater than ever! Tasting passports tracked new recipes that were

• tried at home, and kids received a stamp for each new food they tasted.

• Kids are incentivized whether or not they liked the taste of the food.

Healthy Fo ods, Hea lthy Famil ies is made possible by: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Newman’s Own Foundation,

Fresh Sound Foundation, and van Beuran Charitable Foundation

62% of families reported that

their family experimented

with new fruits and vegetables throughout the

course of the program.