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NEFPAT Nutrition Environment Food Pantry Assessment Tool Provide food pantries with resources to make no or low cost changes necessary to improve the nutrition environment at their pantries
Assessment: Process Observation Approximately 1 hour max Photos taken, no patrons/volunteers/staff bothered Summary Provided Plan for future Resources Provided Promotional Materials, Recipes, Grant Assistance, Assistance writing or identifying policy to use Reassess
Strategies Assessed 1. Increasing Client Choice for Nutritious Options 2. Marketing & Nudging Healthful Practices 3. Providing Various Forms of Fruits & Vegetables 4. Providing Various Types of Fruits & Vegetables 5. Promoting Additional Community Resources 6. Plans for Alternate Eating Patterns
Foods to Encourage (F2Es): Modified From: Feeding America. Detailed Foods to Encourage. Healthy Food Bank Hub. Last modified July 2015. http://healthyfoodbankhub.feedingamerica.org/resource/foods-to-encourage.
Increasing Client Choice for Nutritious Options Purchasing Nutritious Donations Proper Food Safety Layout Options Available
Nudging Healthful Practices Colorful Posters
Nudging Healthful Practices: Recipe Cards * Quick * Simple Ingredients * Limited Cooking * Low Cost *
Nudging Healthful Practices: Bundling Bundling food items together as an example of a meal for clients! Example: whole wheat pasta, jar of pasta sauce & ground turkey Consider highlighting a recipe of the week/month to be featured when your clients enter the pantry
Forms of Fruits & Vegetables Fresh Frozen Dried Canned
Types of Fruits & Vegetables
Promote Community Resources What other outreach services are you able to partner with for your patrons? Connect with Agencies Health Screenings Nutrition Education
Plan for Alternate Eating Patterns What does your distribution site do for: Do you provide: Training for your volunteers or staff? Low sodium and gluten-free foods? Culturally diverse options?
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