The TJX Companies And Nourishing USA Pack Hunger Kits To Help Feed Thousands of Families Around The USA TJX through their corporate responsibility programs are volunteering with Nourishing USA to pack Hunger Kits for groups across the U.S. so they can combat hunger and malnutrition in their communities NEW YORK, NY, October, 11, 2011 – [...]
New York (CNN) — When Gina Keatley first moved to New York to attend culinary school, she noticed that many of her neighbors were missing limbs. “I lived on 99th Street across from some projects,” she said. “I would walk to the train and think, ‘Why are there so many amputees?’” Keatley found out that [...]
Nourishing NYC is happy to congratulate Manhattan Land Trust for their completion of title transfer. They are now finally owners of all 32 plots in Manhattan and the Bronx used by the MLT group. “All of our gardens were slated for sale by the city in 1999, which would have led to their certain demolition. [...]
Fighting Harlem & NYC’s food deserts. Wide swathes of the city do not have access to supermarkets, fresh fruits & vegetables & healthy dining options. In Harlem, where obesity & diabetes is a large problem, Nourishing NYC is trying to change that by bringing families good food choices.
With just 80 delicious calories per cup and virtually no fat, blueberries offer us many important nutrition and health benefits.1 Blueberries are an excellent source of vitamin C. In fact, a serving contains about 14 mg or almost 25% of daily requirement for Vitamin C. Vitamin C is needed for the formation of collagen and [...]
During the Earth Day Event, Nourishing NYC will collect your gently used spare kitchen gadgets and small applicances such as peelers, knife sharpeners, mixing bowls, mini-food processors, pots and pans, to support one of our partners , GEMS-Girls, an organization that provides education, advocacy, therapeutic support and housing to hundreds of New York women who are starting [...]
Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students helped to nourish Harlem through springs first urban produce program of 2012 at Nourishing NYC. Twenty dedicated Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students came out on March 31st, 2012 to distribute fresh produce and healthy diabetic friendly recipes in underserved supermarket dessert East Harlem. “I am very impressed with the passion [...]
Its not just pitchers and catchers getting in shape this spring. The spring Healthy Home Plate Program Chefs learned this week about the benefits of eating locally and seasonally. They had the chance to create mini-gardens to take home with them and incorporate produce in a comfort food favorite macaroni and cheese. Recipe below. No-Bake Macaroni & Cheese http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/no_bake_macaroni_cheese.html From EatingWell: April/May 2006, EatingWell Serves Two Not only [...]
