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SNAP-Ed

Supporting the health and food security of people who receive SNAP benefits

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Tasty foods and a healthy lifestyle

  • Guidance on nutrition and exercise
  • Tips for stretching your food dollars
  • Education for students in some 21st Century Afterschool programs in the Lower Yakima Valley
  • You can take part in Policy, Systems, and Environmental change projects around the Lower Yakima Valley
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Goals

  • Improve healthy food choices SNAP participants make
  • Make healthy eating easy where people live, work, learn, and play
How We Do It
  • Classroom education
  • Food demonstrations
  • Grocery store tours
  • Recipes
  • Community-facilitated education
  • Community gardens
  • And more!

Topics

Healthy Living
  • Physical activity
  • Healthy eating habits
  • National nutrition recommendations
Healthy Shopping
  • Improve the household food budget
  • Smart shopping tips
  • Menu planning
  • Healthy meals and snacks
Food Security

How to have enough quality food to eat throughout a month without seeking emergency food assistance

Food Safety

Safe food handling, preparation, and storage

CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE.

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