Increase Fruits and Vegetables
Decrease Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Increase Physical Activity
Eat Smart NY HV
Eat Smart NY HV
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The
Eat Smart New York (ESNY) program of the Hudson Valley Region provides
community-based nutrition education and obesity prevention activities
targeted to SNAP and SNAP eligible populations. ESNY utilizes a variety
of hands-on education strategies with an assortment of group settings in
the community and partnering agencies. The ESNY program collaborates
with many to create systematic change through policy, practice and
environmental approaches.
The goal of these collaborative efforts is to facilitate and empower voluntary adoption of healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors conducive to the positive health and well-being of low-income (or limited resource) individuals, families, youth, schools and communities.
You’ll learn:
- to prepare easy, good-tasting, low-cost meals in minutes.
- to spend less time at the grocery store and buy healthier food with your money and SNAP benefits.
- to make healthy meals and snacks that children will love
- to plan meals, prepare and store food safely, and use less salt, sugar, and fat when you cook.
- to read and understand food labels.
- to make healthy lifestyle changes part of every day.
Our classes are FREE and the only cost to you is your time. Classes meet at places in the community like food pantries, senior centers, after school sites or community center locations. Call us to find a class near you!
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January 2017 Eat Smart New York Impact Statement
Contact
Bintou Hinds
Nutrition Educator
fh272@cornell.edu
Last updated January 5, 2018
Can I Take Classes?
You can sign up for our FREE Eat Smart New York classes if you now receive (or are eligible to receive) food assistance through:
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as Food Stamps)
WIC (Women, Infant & Children’s Supplemental Food Assistance Program)
MEDICAID or TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
FREE OR REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL MEALS: for students -- or families of students -- who go to a school where more than 50% of the students receive Free or Reduced Price School Meals.
We also serve County residents who participate in (or are eligible for) HEAD START, or who receive SSI or AFDC.
To find out if you are SNAP eligible go to:
Free USDA Recipe Book
Print out your free home copy of this new cookbook containing 30 kid-tested and kid-approved recipes, from the "Recipes for Healthy Kids" Competition. Sponsored by the USDA in support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative and based on the new school meal patterns.