Cooking Matters at the Store

Posted by Share Our Strength on March 16, 2015

No child should grow up hungry in America, but one in five children struggles with hunger. The No Kid Hungry campaign connects kids in need with nutritious food and teaches their families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. By doing this, we surround children in this nation with healthy food where they live, learn and play.

Families on a tight budget report that the cost of healthy groceries is their biggest barrier to making healthy meals at home. Food skills, like smart shopping, can help overcome that barrier. Cooking Matters at the Store is a free program of the No Kid Hungry campaign that empowers families to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home.

Cooking Matters at the Store is a guided grocery store tour that empowers families to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home. Tours can be led by any individual, in any community, anywhere people shop for food. Cooking Matters at the Store participants are adults who belong to low-income families and make a majority of the food purchasing decisions in the household. Additionally, Share Our Strength places additional focus on reaching moms with kids ages 5 and under.

http://www.cookingmatters.org/grants-available-cooking-matters-store