Best Practices List

Nutrition & Food Education Programs

Action for Healthy Kids
National non-profit
Aimed at improving nutrition and lifestyle of Americas youth
Partnered with other national non-profits and government agencies
Volunteers and staff organize events
Educate parents, educators, and public health officials on need for healthier lifestyles for children
Funded by corporate sponsorships, government grants and individual donors

Urban Nutrition Initiative
Run by UPenn
Targets West Philly
VERY SIMILAR TO NOURISH
partner with housing complexes, adult day centers, and community health center
has very similar classroom education model
has very similar curriculum
not much on funding but can contact admin

Growing Great
California based
Very similar goal to Nourish
Entirely supported by grants, donations and sponsored community events
Very similar class layout to Nourish as well as curriculum
Volunteer supported

Harvest Home Farmers Market- NYC
Established
This organization seeks to increase access to local and fresh food while educating communities on the
importance of healthy living.
They utilize cooking demonstrations at farmers markets to increase the likelihood of people purchasing
better foods and changing their food choices.

LiveWell Colorado- Colorado
Established
Funded by the Colorado Health Foundation and the Kresge Foundation
They have community-based nutrition education run by non-profits that teach low-income audiences how
to buy, prepare, and eat healthy foods

Fresh Approach- California
Founded in 2008
This organization provides low-income families not only with healthier options for food, but also
educational programs that teach people how to make smarted diet choices

SD Healthy Living
Focus on Fitness, Cooking, and Nutrition
Hold specific classes, much like Nourish Boston wants to do
Partners with the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle

Growing Great
Target audience, children and families
Go into schools and teach students how to live and eat healthier
Interestingly, they focus on getting children in schools to sign up in their classes, and get parents and
other people to volunteer to teach these classes
Although its a bit more different than Nourish Boston, there is a little overlap regarding finding people to
teach the classes and to create sustainability in the organization

Community Nutrition Education Services: Arkansas
Provides healthy eating initiatives by partnering with local organizations and businesses (restaurants, food
stores)

Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program:
Works to increase access to healthy foods and physical activity.
Partnered with public health departments, community based organizations, etc.

Healthy Living Inc
Throughout the 2013 season, we will demonstrate healthy cooking techniques at both the DC Greens
Glover Park-Burleith farmers' markets and Penn Quarter FRESHFARM the Georgetown University farmers'
market in Washington, DC.
They have cooking classes

Organizations Lead/Staff by Health Professionals
Foundation for Wellness Education- Nationwide
Headquartered in Wisconsin
Established
This foundation seeks to educate people across America about the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.
All of their volunteers are doctors that dedicate their time to teach people about subjects ranging from
how the body works, family wellness, and nutrition.
While this organization does not have a specific focus on the low-income population, they have a
successful network of doctors who are willing to volunteer their time. Thus, Nourish could look to utilize
them as a resource.

Doctors for Health And Wellness Foundation
Non-profit organization that seeks to educate general public about health, at no cost whatsoever
To be part of this organization, doctors must donate a set number of hours on an hourly basis
Services in the form of interactive workshops: (1) Proactive approaches such as exercises to improve
health, strategies to minimize stressors, (2) Preventative analysis such as ergonomic assessments
Services in the form of health screenings: (1) vision screening, (2) hearing test, (3) postural assessment

SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration)- Piloted in Atlanta, based in New England
Provides interesting model with working with local health providers

Healthy Living Nutrition Counseling and Consulting
Run by 4 Dietitians in the San Francisco Area,
Offer individual nutrition counseling, family nutritional counseling, meal planning, grocery store planning,
meal groups, and more
Hold Groups and Classes
Looks like they have two locations, not sure if they have partnered up with a health clinic or anything like
that, seems like they are just starting out and are relatively new
numerous exercise classes offered

Nutrition First
Based in Washington State
targets nutrition problems in underserved children
utilizes corporate gift-matching strategy
works largely to improve WIC accessibility, support, and advocacy


Federally Funded Organizations
ISEWOMEN - Nationwide
Stroke prevention services for underserved communities
Funded directly by the CDC

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program- Nationwide
Locations in every state
Established
EFNEP itself is federally funded, but many of the state organizations that implement the programs are
non-profit
The programs are very similar to Nourish in that they want to provide nutrition educational resources to
low-income audiences
Minnesota program
o http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=76426
Nationwide
o http://urbanprograms.osu.edu/success-stories/nutrition-and-health/nutrition-education-
program-helps-low-income-families-eat-healthfully/

Shape up Somerville
Funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a 3 year environmental change intervention program
to prevent obesity
What they did:
Food service changes: taste tests done on new vegetables during lunch, ice cream limited to once a
week
New class called Health eating and active time, centered around increasing fruit and vegetable
consumption, decreasing sugars, increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary time
Community work: Somerville worked with local restaurants to implement more healthy options: offer
dishes with smaller portion size, offer fruits as side dishes, have visible signs that highlighted healthier
options

Sun Health
Based in Arizona, dedicated to community AND senior care healthy living
Partner with various recreational sites and rehab centers to hold events for seniors; we could look into
which sites they proposed these partnerships into and seek help in creating our own proposal to Bowdoin
Only real difference from Nourish is that Sun focuses mostly on, or at least it seems, senior care

Agricultural Based Organizations
Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture
California Based
Intended to link urban community members with local farmers
Run farmers markets
Offer tours of local farms for residents
Offer educational sessions about the importance of local and sustainable agriculture
Offer educational videos about sustainable agriculture on YouTube
funded 66% from farmers market and 28% from fundraising

Wholesome Wave- Nationwide
Headquartered in Connecticut
Established
This foundation strives to provide healthy, local, and affordable food options to people in underprivileged
areas.
Although this organization does not focus specifically in education, Nourish would benefit from learning
how this organization utilizes community leaders and resources to reach its target group.

Food Think Tank
Serves a Think Tank/Inspiration for Food Revolution Organizations
Dedicated Interns who have writing quotas to meet provide majority of content.
Extremely Strong Social Media/Outreach presence

Urban Farming Institute
The Farmer Training Program will offers local residents the opportunity to engage in the food movement
through direct, hands-on learning on small acre plot of lots in which the UFIs farm currently occupies.

Grow My City Green
Develops Urban Farming area s for homes, businesses, etc.

Assistance Based Organizations
Project Angel Heart
What they do: Provide nutritious meals to improve quality of life at low cost, for those coping with life-
threatening illness (including diabetes) in Colorado Springs area. Can be helpful to those sickest patients
in the pilot program
Deliveries made by volunteers

Wholesome Wave- Nationwide
Headquartered in Connecticut
Established
This foundation strives to provide healthy, local, and affordable food options to people in underprivileged
areas.
Although this organization does not focus specifically in education, Nourish would benefit from learning
how this organization utilizes community leaders and resources to reach its target group.

Multi-Disciplinary Organizations
The Food Trust
(Ranked #2 high impact nonprofit in America in childrens health and nutrition
What they do:
1. Improve food environments (Primarily in Philadelphia)
2-hour cooking workshop for adults. Research has found 43% of participants eat at least
2 cups of vegetables a day, funded by SNAP-Ed, a federal partnership that subsidizes
nutritional education (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/fsne/about.html)
2. Work with grocery store owners to increase healthy offerings
Link corner store owners to community partners, local farmers, and fresh food suppliers
Offer in-store community nutrition education lesson
Train and offer technical assistance to store owners
3. manage farmers markets in communities that lack access to affordable produce
4. Provide greater access to supermarkets
Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI), $30M in grants and loans that allowed for more
supermarkets in Pennsylvania, serving 400,000 of the states underserved residents.
One of the top government innovations in the country by Harvards Kennedy School of
Government
5. Provide consulting services to organizations like NourishBoston

Partnership for the Publics Health (run by 3 directors)
What they do: Provide more access to healthy food and physical activity, create safer neighborhoods
Where: Low income Hispanic neighborhoods in California
They have three main projects:
1. California Convergence statewide network
2. Healthy Eating Active Communities program (HEAC)
3. Public Health Department Minigrants

Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health- New Hampshire
Focuses on many community health issues
Big emphasis on childhood obesity
Is partnered with state to implement obesity prevention plan and is in a 5 year agreement with Center for
Disease Control (could be terminated at this point).

Urban Perform
based in Atlanta
same mission as Nourish
community gym offering very low membership @ $15/month or $2/class

Holyoke Food and Fitness Policy Council:
Very similar to Nourish
Focus on Youth
Partners with local health center, YMCA, and farm organization
o We can look into their partnership with the health center

Partnerships for HEAC:
Kaiser Permanente, Healthcare Sector
Worked with the 3 directors to give BMI tests to assess obesity risk
Trained physicians and providers on obesity prevention counseling
Community advocacy to provide healthier food enviornments
Canfit, School Sector
Helped HEAC coalitions during after school programs
Worked with youth to advocate for change using video, spoken word, social media
Policylink, Neighborhood Sector
Worked with HEAC communities to organize neighbors to develop strategies to increase access
to healthy foods, find safe places to be physically active
Public Health Law & Policy
Worked with city planners to advocate for decisions that would help shape cities into better
environments
- http://www.partnershipph.org/projects/heac/heac-technical-assistance-cc (partnership)
- http://www.partnershipph.org/projects/heac (general website)

Organizations with Private Funding
StayHealthy - Las Vegas
Based in Vegas, holds demonstrations from *various companies* that feature healthy food options
Although they did not partner up with a health clinic or anything, its interesting that they decided to get
other companies in, which we could potentially include as a plan in our proposal
o Enzymedica
o Cellfood

Funding Opps
The Boston Foundation
Supports nonprofit organizations in greater Boston through grants
4x $25000 grants are given at the start of each year to resident-led collaborations focused on strengthening
neighborhoods including Dorchester. Deadline to apply is March 28, 2014