Hunger Prevention and Healthy Eating

Eat Fruits In-Season to Give Rhythm to Your Life Fun scientific article about eating fruit and how it effects our bodies differently based on the season.

Project Bread info for all Summer Eats programs in MA Map and contact info for Project Bread – info on free summer meals for all children and youth ages 0-18

413Cares’ list of community meals across the region You can add distance and your zip code to personalize

The Food Bank of Western MA mobile food bank The program reaches under-served populations throughout western Massachusetts that don’t have access to healthy foods, including families, seniors and children.

Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline (1-800-645-8333) New to figuring out where you can get free food? Wondering if you qualify for SNAP right now? A lot of families don’t realize they qualify for SNAP, which provides money for groceries

Just Roots Kitchen Intuition Workshops and other programs Just Roots community farm in Greenfield has sliding scale cooking classes, low-income spots for farm shares, and more to make healthy food accessible.

Franklin County Community Meals Program Free community meals, free food pantries, and volunteer opportunities in Orange, Greenfield, Turners/Montague, and Northfield

Stone Soup Cafe A pay-what-you-can gourmet hot luncheon served by volunteers every Saturday afternoon in the All Souls Church in downtown Greenfield. Volunteer opportunities too!

Teaching Young Children About Body Boundaries A 5-minute video about 3 body boundaries with authors of the Kindergarten and 1st grade module of Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education from The Unitarian Universalists Association and United Church of Christ. More Our Whole Lives videos are available for young children here.