Healthy, Affordable Food
Access to healthy food is a key determinant of health—a lack of which can lead to higher rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions. Residents of low-income neighborhoods or communities in high-poverty areas in particular face challenges in accessing healthy foods, including a dearth of grocery stores offering nutritious options or difficulty affording healthy food when it is available. As a result, these residents are particularly at risk for poorer health outcomes.
As part of its Building Healthy Communities priority area, NYSHealth is supporting a wide range of projects to increase residents’ access to healthy, affordable food options. Learn more about our work:
Active Citizen Project
Clinton County Health Department
- Improving the Nutritional Quality of Food Pantry Donations in Clinton County
- Overcoming Obstacles to Food Access in Clinton County
Community Food Advocates
Field & Fork Network
- Building Healthy Communities Conference Scholarship
- Setting the Stage to Scale and Sustain the Double Up Food Bucks Programs in Western New York and the Finger Lakes
- Wholesome Foods Pop-Up Market
Global Strategy Group
GrowNYC
Hunger Solutions New York
Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education and Policy
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
- Building Healthy Communities Conference Scholarship
- Expansion of The Teaching Kitchen: Providing Healthy Food to Low-Income New Yorkers
Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
- Activating Public Spaces: A Public-Private Partnership to Build Healthy Communities in New York City
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Public Health Solutions
Wellness in the Schools
