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| A volunteer bags fresh corn for a Family Harvest distribution. |
For so many of our low-income neighbors, including fresh fruits and vegetables in their daily diet is an unaffordable luxury. Chain grocery stores have been moving out of lower-income neighborhoods, also decreasing access to produce. Fortunately, Second Harvest's refrigerated Produce Mobile has rolled into some of our most isolated neighborhoods, driving fresh fruits and vegetables to families in need.
The mobile distribution sites give clients a free farmer's market shopping experience and help families establish life-long, healthy eating habits. By incorporating fresh fruits and vegetables into their daily diet on a regular basis, not just when they can afford them, their bodies can reap the nutritional benefits and make a lasting impact on their health. In addition, children grow up with a taste and desire for fresh foods!
Have you been incorporating more fresh produce into your family's diet? Please share your experience—triumphs as well as difficulties— in the comment field below!
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This is so true. Even though I don't qualify to get free food because of my income, I still can't buy as much fresh fruits and vegetables as I would like to feed my family. With my budget I can get the basics to cook with, like potatoes and onions and some carrots, but I have to be really careful buying fruit because it adds up so quickly. My kids love to snack on fruit and I would much rather see them eat that. In the summer I always tell neighbors with fruit trees that I'd be happy to help them if they have too many, like plums! My kids will eat plums all day. Thanks for posting and thanks for realizing people need fresh food too. (My office does a food drive and we give a lot of cans!)
ReplyDeleteWhen my kids were little, I would give them frozen peas, corn and cubed carrots (not cooked) as a snack during the summer. I would serve them in little cups and to be eaten with their fingers. It is a different way of introducing veggies.
ReplyDeletei'm really lucky in that when i grew up my parents almost never let my brother and i have junk food and soda and we always had fresh fruits and veggies at every meal. even though we lived in Mn and we were poor so they weren't always fresh (sometimes canned or frozen). But whe we were young both by brother and i developed a taste for fruits and veggies and so i continue to eat them to this day. sure, i could always improve my intake, but i'm glad that my parents did their best to make sure we were eating right. And this was back in the 80s before eating right was cool...
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