Nutrition Literacy

Inspired by our Food Equity pillar, Our Seat at the Table is equally dedicated to our separate-yet-related Nutritional Literacy pillar.

As we’ve learned through our partnership with FosterNation, food equity isn’t just access to healthy, affordable foods. It’s that, according to the National Institute of Health, lack of adequate nutritional literacy often contributes to and exacerbates this food inequity.

This creates a cycle: a lack of equitable access begets a lack of equitable food literacy, which informs a continuation of unhealthy food choices amidst already scarce resources.

While we ensure that the lessons in our Food Equity curriculum focus on teaching nutrition literacy to vulnerable youth, we have also created a Nutritional Literacy online masterclass to help break the cycle!