Fruits and vegetables for families
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – A statewide partnership led by LiveWell Colorado, Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Farmers Market Association, Cooking Matters-Colorado, and Boulder County Public Health has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant to launch Double Up Food Bucks Colorado. “Double Up Food Bucks provides an exciting opportunity for Garfield County Department of Human Services’ SNAP recipients to stretch their benefits and improve their wellbeing,” said Mary Baydarian, director of Garfield County Department of Human Services. “We are also hopeful that Double Up Food Bucks will be an incentive for
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LiveWell Garfield County distributes 6,000 pounds of produce
LiveWell Garfield County’s Gleaning Project collected more than 6,000 pounds of produce since July, surpassing all expectations for its first year in operation. Gleaning, the act of gathering crops and providing them to those in need, is one of the many sustainable and healthy efforts promoted by LiveWell Garfield County. Volunteers distributed the collected produce to five LIFT-UP locations throughout the county and to the Garfield County Senior Nutrition Program. In September, LIFT-UP Carbondale received a LiveWell Garfield County mini grant for a refrigeration unit to allow the location to store the excess produce it has been receiving from the
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