Healthy Education

30 Jan Community Kitchens

Posted at 13:05h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This link provides useful information for developing and establishing a community kitchen, including starting a kitchen, maintenance, acquiring equipment and food and kitchen safety and hygiene....

30 Jan Digging in: Local policies to support urban agriculture

Posted at 13:03h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This link provides an infographic demonstrating policy strategies that can encourage urban agriculture and food access. It also provides a range of other urban agriculture resources....

30 Jan Food Access strategies for Rural Communities

Posted at 13:01h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This link contains a range of resources, including toolkits and guides that provide strategies for food retailers to improve rural food access....

30 Jan Everything you need to Know about Auckland’s Community Fridge

Posted at 12:32h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This link discusses a community initiative in Auckland that encourages food donations from people and businesses. This community fridge provides free food for those in need and aims to reduce food waste. (2016)...

30 Jan The Healthy Food Financing Handbook: From advocacy to implementation

Posted at 12:28h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This handbook provides strategies for public health and community organisations to increase the access and availability of nutritious foods among communities....

30 Jan The Grocery Gap: Who has access to healthy food and why it matters

Posted at 12:22h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This report presents a comprehensive literature review of 132 studies investigating food access and its impact and implications on communities....

30 Jan The Benefits of Gardening and Food Growing for Health and Wellbeing

Posted at 12:18h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This study presents a literature review of the physical and mental health benefits associated with community food growing and gardening...

30 Jan Good Planning for Good Food – using planning policy for local and sustainable food

Posted at 12:15h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This report investigates the role of planning policy and decisions in building and creating healthy and sustainable food systems....

30 Jan Planning Sustainable Cities for Community Food Growing

Posted at 12:10h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

This resource provides information for planning authorities to utilise community food growing to encourage health within the community....

14 Nov Cooking Literacy: The role of the school curriculum

Posted at 16:24h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

A vegetables.co.nz report on cooking literacy and the role of the school curriculum (2016). ...