Nutrition Resources
Educating your food pantry clients about proper nutrition may help them make the healthy choice the easy choice.
Find the most up to date dietary recommendations, tools, and nutrition based curriculum to promote healthy eating.
Find the most up to date dietary recommendations, tools, and nutrition based curriculum to promote healthy eating.
USDA Nutrition Resources
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020:
U.S. Dietary Guidelines for 2015-2020 issued from USDA and DHHS. Used as guidance in the development of our federal food and nutrition programs, policies and projects.
USDA's MyPlate (English)
USDA's MyPlate symbol is based off the 2015 - 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Choose MyPlate website offers ideas and tips to help you create a healthier eating style that meets your individual needs and improves your health.
USDA FoodData Central
FoodData Central is an integrated data system that provides expanded nutrient profile data.
Nutrition.gov
Nutrition.gov provides easy access to food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.Seasonal Produce Guide
Learn what produce is available by season, produce specific nutrition information, recipes, and curriculum.Bean Basics: A Toolkit on How to Use Beans
This toolkit provides an overview of everything you may want to know about beans! You will learn about the difference between canned and dry beans, discover new cooking techniques, and find ideas to add beans to traditional recipes.Nutrition Resources around the Country
Hunger and Health:
A partnership between Feeding America, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the National Dairy Council that offers tools for healthy food distribution, nutrition educations, recipes, and partnerships.
Healthy Eating on a Budget
Created by New York State of Opportunity, this site provides tips and activities to help plan, purchase, and prepare affordable meals for families.
Cooking Matters:
Cooking Matters, a national anti-hunger program aims at teaching participants to shop smarter, use nutrition information to make healthier choices, and cook delicious, affordable meals.
Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project
Created by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, this guide offers food pantries with the opportunity to learn the latest research, assess their current practices, review strategies, and develop an action plan to improve the nutrition and safety of the foods they provide to families.
Chop Chop Family
Chop Chop Family provides tools for children, seniors, and families to learn healthy eating habits through cooking. In addition to publishing award winning magazines and cookbooks, Chop Chop Family provides digital content, and cooking curricula.
Making the Switch to Client Choice
The Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks has created a comprehensive guide on how food pantries can convert to a client choice model.Local Nutrition Resources
Food Hero
(Spanish site)
A program of Oregon State University that offers healthy recipes on a budget in both English and Spanish.