The following are the recommendations suggested
by the residents of Del Paso Heights and North Sacramento
Short Range Recommendations
- Circulate a monthly/quarterly food information newsletter throughout
the community sharing information about Farmers' Markets in the
area, outreach of federal food programs such as Summer Food, Food
Stamps, and WIC, shopping deals possibly through a supermarket
comparison, SHARE, and food and nutrition information specifically
to the area.
- Increase Food Buying Power within North Sacramento and Del
Paso Heights by:
- Working with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education
Program (EFNEP) to establish some innovative education materials
to provide nutrition education and financial awareness workshops.
- Increasing outreach to all individual and families who are
eligible for food stamps and/or the Women, Infants, and Children
programs and Summer Lunch.
- Improve Food Access Utilizing Current Food Resources.
- Work with neighborhood associations and storeowners to create
a line of communication where residents and storeowners can
express their concerns of current conditions.
- Through a collaborative effort between storeowners and community
residents provide technical assistance to improve store conditions
such as safety and food quality in local stores and encourage
community patronage of improved stores.
- Work with local police to improve the safety of customers
and provide storeowners an extra measure of security against
theft and vandalism.
- Work with storeowners to help send good nutrition and budgeting
messages, while improving rapport through posters, brochures,
videos, recipes, shelf tags and labels placed inside the stores.
- Assist local stores in pursuing cost effective purchasing
strategies, such as food buying cooperatives to supply quality,
affordable food. Increase advertising and outreach of those
stores that make improvements.
- Increase outreach and promotion and provide technical assistance,
to improve participation in the five community gardens within
the two communities.
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