Nutrition : Food Bank of Delaware

November 19, 2020

Pregnant, breast-feeding teen moms get support from the Food Bank

Quality nutritional education is key to healthy mothers and infants Teen moms-to-be, as well as those who are new moms, can find educational and parenting support from the Delaware Adolescent…

October 2, 2020

Pumpkin: It’s not just for jack o’ lanterns any more

It’s officially fall, and Halloween is approaching. It’s pumpkin season! Pumpkin popularity has escalated far beyond the simple jack o’ lantern or holiday pie into a highly sought-after flavor for…

June 19, 2020

Remote learning options provide opportunity for SNAP educators

For almost everything these days – from getting a haircut to connecting with family and friends – there’s an old, or pre coronavirus, face-to-face way of doing things, and then…

March 26, 2020

Food Bank educators use new platforms to reach vulnerable clients

On a typical workday, Food Bank of Delaware WIC Educators Chong Yi and Alisha Beckford start their day at the Food Bank’s Milford and Newark facilities. They pack a rolling…

January 28, 2020

Nudges at food pantries make healthy choices easier

Thanks to a grant from Cargill, the Food Bank of Delaware is testing the impact of nutritional nudges in choice food pantries statewide. Choice food pantries provide clients the opportunity…

January 14, 2020

Staff shadowing develops better relationships

The idiom, “walk a mile in my shoes,” has been attributed to several cultural origins, and it even became the title of an Elvis Presley song. Although the Food Bank…

August 27, 2019

Cooking healthy with WIC

On a recent Tuesday, nearly a dozen women, some awaiting the arrival of their babies and others with young children, gathered in a classroom of Connections in Seaford to learn…

August 16, 2019

Nutritious cooking demos at the Healthy Pantry Center

The Healthy Pantry Center at our Newark headquarters has been bustling with activity since hours expanded last month. Families who visit the pantry leave with a grocery cart full of…

July 30, 2019

Food Bank of Delaware provides direct relief to the community through new Healthy Pantry Center

By Kate Grabowski, Communications Intern 12.2 percent of Delaware’s population are considered food insecure. To help meet demands for healthy food, the Food Bank of Delaware recently opened its new…

July 17, 2019

Kid C.H.E.F. program teaches healthy eating patterns

Learning can be fun and very tasty too! Just ask the 14 kids – ages 8 -12 enrolled in the Kid C.H.E.F. program at the Laurel Public Library. Kid C.H.E.F.,…

Stories for Nutrition

Pregnant, breast-feeding teen moms get support from the Food Bank

Pumpkin: It’s not just for jack o’ lanterns any more

Remote learning options provide opportunity for SNAP educators

Food Bank educators use new platforms to reach vulnerable clients

Nudges at food pantries make healthy choices easier

Staff shadowing develops better relationships

Cooking healthy with WIC

Nutritious cooking demos at the Healthy Pantry Center

Food Bank of Delaware provides direct relief to the community through new Healthy Pantry Center

Kid C.H.E.F. program teaches healthy eating patterns