Nutrition Access
Empowering the community through education
Through the Nutrition Access Program, Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee improves access to nutrient-dense, culturally-affirming foods and provides educational food and cooking resources and programming.
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Our first priority
The goal of the Nutrition Access Program is to provide our neighbors opportunities to choose foods that align with their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Read our nutrition philosophy here.
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Good EaTN Cooking Club
The Good EaTN Cooking Club aims to improve food literacy and foster students’ healthy relationships with food and cooking. Club classes inspire creativity, exploration, and confidence in the kitchen in a fun, engaging, and safe environment. Topics include kitchen safety, food safety, measuring skills, and food science. It typically meets for 3 days, with skills building over each class.
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Good EaTN Cooking Club by the numbers
30—the number of sessions in the 2022-2023 fiscal year
34—the current number of sites
7—the current number of counties served
1,898—the number of people served in the 2023-2024 fiscal year
23,872—pounds of food distributed in the 2023-2024 fiscal year
19,893—meals distributed in the 2023-2024 fiscal year
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Kitchen Stork
Kitchen Stork is a collaborative effort between Second Harvest and the McNabb Center’s Healthy Families. Kitchen Stork will support these families through food distribution, as well as culinary and nutrition education.
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