access
Provide nutritious foods in our markets, restaurants, and pantries
distribute
Ensure healthy food is present at our partner food pantries
educate
Teach neighbors how to utilize healthy foods effectively
nourishing our community
Hunger and health go hand in hand. Preventative measures like a healthy diet early on can lessen the need for healthcare interventions later in life. To truly nourish our community, we must offer more holistic support, ensuring that our neighbors have consistent access to health-promoting, culturally responsive food.
creating healthier neighbors
Our work will support and promote policies that address food insecurity, enhance food assistance programs, and take holistic wellbeing into account to create a healthier community. A healthy community has consistent access to nutrient-dense foods, the knowledge to incorporate these foods into their daily lives, and the means to maintain a positive relationship with food and health throughout life.
program highlight: FoodRx
Healthy food choices equates to a healthier life and general wellbeing. In collaboration with local hospitals and clinics, our FoodRx program brings healthy food prescriptions to food insecure patients with chronic diet-related disease. Access to nutrient-dense foods can improve a person’s lifestyle, as well as certain health conditions like diabetes, congestive heart failure, and COPD.
Learn moreNutrition is playing a major part in me keeping this kidney and staying healthy. Now I’m familiar with everything I consume and drink. Staying alive is more important than what I miss eating.
— Mr. Dallas, Food Rx patient
After Mr. Dallas underwent a kidney transplant, he needed to learn how to make major shifts in his diet and eating habits. Feeding Tampa Bay’s Food Rx program broke the barrier to a healthy diet by making nutritious, whole foods more accessible.