Community

Step 2: Eat & Drink Healthy

We will support policies to ensure that all families have access to affordable, healthy food in their neighborhoods.

Community partners are working to improve nutrition in the central Indiana food system. Here are just some of the initiatives currently underway:

• Indy Hunger Network, anti-hunger coalition working to ensure anyone who is hungry can access the nutritious food they need
• Indy Food Council, Indianapolis food system stakeholders building a healthier food system
• Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, Indiana’s State Association of Food Banks

Research demonstrates that when we effectively offer and market healthier foods and beverages in vending machine and concessions operations, patrons make healthier purchases more often. Review these two excellent resources about Philadelphia’s experience as you get started with this important and effective strategy:

• Creating a Healthy Concession Stand, a summary of Philadelphia’s experience, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Creating Healthy Concessions: A Resource Guide, from the Fairmount Park Conservancy and The Food Trust