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Grow Well Missouri

Grow Well Missouri partners with food pantries, local organizations, and volunteers to establish food gardening programs that reach out to food pantry customers.

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Grow Well Missouri

Grow Well Missouri partners with food pantries, local organizations, and volunteers to establish food gardening programs that reach out to food pantry customers. By offering a selection of seeds, vegetable transplants, educational materials, and one-on-one advice, Grow Well Missouri helps those who use food pantries reap the many benefits of gardening. The project stems from 

ongoing research

 of the Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security showing that rates of chronic health conditions (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol) are significantly higher among food pantry clients than the general public.

Grow Well Missouri 2013-2017 Evaluation Report

Impact

The Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security completed one of the largest regional food pantry client household surveys in the country, interviewing more than 1300 clients in the CMFB’s 29-county region. Over the years, the number of faculty and students affiliated with the Center has continued to grow and new projects have been initiated. Currently, the center is affiliated with both the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and College of Human Environmental Sciences.
Agriculture Food Volunteerism and Service

Contact

Bill McKelvey
  mckelveywa@missouri.edu
  573-882-4973

Partner

Central Missouri Food Bank (CMFB) Pantry
  573-474-1020
  https://sharefoodbringhope.org/

Location

  Columbia, MO, USA

More Information

http://foodsecurity.missouri.edu/projects/grow-well-missouri/

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