"Create a culture where real food has value, demand good food from your cafeteria and your parents and educate other young people about why it all matters." -Elizabeth Winslow, former employee of the Sustainable Food Center
We found in our research in the Austin community that the problem many face with eating sustainably and nutritiously is that people don't have access to information about what food is good, don't have the time to create healthy meals for their families, and don't have the money to buy good food. We decided to attempt to address all these issues.
Our group created meal plans, a document with 5 meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks), all with good nutritional value, low processing, and that don't break the bank. We gave these meal plans to people at HOPE farmer's market on the east side of Austin, to people at Zilker park, to people on trails, and went door to door in east Austin.
Our group created meal plans, a document with 5 meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks), all with good nutritional value, low processing, and that don't break the bank. We gave these meal plans to people at HOPE farmer's market on the east side of Austin, to people at Zilker park, to people on trails, and went door to door in east Austin.
Our meal plan hanging on the bulletin board at HOPE Farmers Market.
Meal plans being distributed house to house.
Group member Leah holding our meal plan at HOPE Farmer's Market.
Little girl at HOPE holding our meal plan.
Writing about nutrition for all on the "I HOPE..." board at the Farmer's Market.
HOPE shopper holding a meal plan.