Healthy Food Demo
Come join us for a live cooking demonstration! Chef Garrett will lead an interactive, healthy cooking demo on preparing the Fresh Rec Stop recipe of the month. Healthy St. Pete’s Fresh Rec Stop program aims to increase access to fresh produce at affordable prices in convenient locations and provide monthly healthy recipe tasting opportunities at Fresh Rec Stop locations. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞s: 9/25/24, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 10/23/24, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 10/23/24, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 4:00 p.m. –
What Are Food Systems and Why Are They Important?
By Sarah Wiemert, Planner II The Healthy Food Action Plan focuses on uplifting and expanding aspects of the St. Petersburg food system that residents identified as priority initiatives during the community engagement phase of the Plan. A food system is an integral part of communities. But what exactly is a food system, and how does it influence whether a community is thriving? Food Systems 101 A food system is a collection of physical processes and abstract ideas that interact with people, communities, and
Community Food Forum
Join us at a Community Food Forum to share your ideas, vision and voice as we work together toward a healthy and equitable St. Petersburg. The Community Food Forums are part of Healthy St. Pete's Healthy Food Action Plan. Healthy Food Action Plan is a community planning effort aimed at addressing the social, environmental, economic, and physical aspects of food access and security in St. Petersburg through programs, projects, partnerships, and policies. This event is FREE and Open to the public.
St. Peterburg Healthy Food Action Plan: A Path Toward Health Equity
By Sarah Wiemert, Food Systems Planner Healthy St. Pete is excited to be facilitating, through community participation and organizational partnership, a Healthy Food Action Plan. Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Healthy Food Action Plan will guide short- and long-term projects, partnerships, and policies that address food access issues in Healthy Food Priority Areas to promote health equity in St. Petersburg. It will improve access to and education about healthy, affordable food sources and agencies, increase the