Nourishing Our Communities
For people facing food insecurity, the challenge of adequate diet and nutrition, doctor visits, and medication is often unmanageable, creating a cycle of tough choices that results in otherwise manageable diseases becoming a health crisis. Feeding the Gulf Coast recognizes the parallel union proper nutrition has in combating the impacts of food insecurity on health. We believe no one should be without the food they need for a better life. As part of our work to address this, Feeding the Gulf Coast has established a Community Health and Nutrition department to ensure every community has access to a balanced, nutritious diet.
Healthcare Partnerships: By working with healthcare providers to address food insecurity as a social determinant of health, these partnerships will expand and grow our current “Food as Medicine” initiatives seeking to improve health outcomes by increasing access to nutritious food and education.
Nutrition Education Classes: These science-backed classes create an avenue of attainable steps that clients can use to inform their choices regarding diet and meal planning. Our nutrition specialists provide in-person nutrition education classes, indirect education activities, and other nutrition nudges to help families better understand the vital role nutrition plays in their health outcomes. View online classes here.
Mobile Market (Millie): By bringing nutritious food directly to areas with limited grocery options, Millie the Mobile Market helps ensure more individuals and families can access the healthy food they need to thrive. Find Millie here.
Get Involved
For more information about this program or to get involved, contact Michalina Kulikowski at (850) 626-1332 ext. 200.