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KC Beans&Greens Program Kansas Public Health Association Fall Conference

Nourishing Neighborhoods w ith Local Produce. KC Beans&Greens Program Kansas Public Health Association Fall Conference. October 2, 2012. The Menorah Legacy Foundation Mission.

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KC Beans&Greens Program Kansas Public Health Association Fall Conference

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  1. Nourishing Neighborhoods with Local Produce KC Beans&Greens ProgramKansas Public Health Association Fall Conference October 2, 2012

  2. The Menorah Legacy Foundation Mission Healthy for Life–– Seed funding for initiatives that proactively improve health and wellness by fostering transformational change in individual or community behaviors. • Missouri: • 13th highest adult obesity rate at 30%+ • 31% of adults in Jackson County are obese+ • 37,000 low-income persons living more than a mile from a grocery store^ • 18% or 126,620 persons in Jackson County, Missouri are on food stamps.* • Kansas: • 18th highest adult obesity rate at 29.4%+ • 35.4% of adults in Wyandotte County are obese+ • 13,000 low income persons living more than a mile from a grocery store^ • 16% or 24,932 persons in Wyandotte County, Kansas are on food stamps.* • +CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity data • ^USDA Food Environment Atlas • *USDA, May, 2011

  3. KC Beans&Greens Program Mission • Improves access to and affordability for local, healthy food in Kansas City • Program helps: • Lower Income Shoppers • Local Farmers • Local Economy • Improved Public Health • “Win – Win” for Everyone!

  4. How Does Beans&Greens Increase Access and Affordability? I. Provide Farmers Markets With EBT Machines and Tokens 2. Provide Matching Dollars When Food Assistance is Used

  5. How Does Beans&Greens Increase Access and Affordability? 3. The Beans&Greens Mobile Market brings healthy food weekly to food desert neighborhoods and agencies where low-income residents live and congregate.

  6. Beans&Greens Impact on Market Sales Total Food Assistance Dollars + Match Dollars $340,000 Projected for 2012

  7. Mobile Market Comparison – 2011 & 2012

  8. An Investment in the Future Menorah Legacy Foundation and the KC Beans&Greens Program Beans&Greens Supports the Community Local Farmers Markets & Mobile Market Local Farmers Cooking “Know How” Affordability Access Low Income Shoppers Local Neighborhoods & Communities Low Income Shoppers + Small Scale Farmers = Enhanced Commerce + Healthier Behaviors

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