KC Beans&Greens Program Kansas Public Health Association Fall Conference

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KC Beans&Greens ProgramKansas Public Health Association Fall Conference

October 2, 2012

Nourishing Neighborhoods with Local Produce

The Menorah Legacy Foundation Mission

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Healthy for Life –– Seed funding for initiatives that proactively improve health and wellness by fostering transformational change in individual or community behaviors.  

• Missouri: • 13th highest adult obesity rate at 30%+

• 31% of adults in Jackson County are obese+

• 37,000 low-income persons living more than a mile from a grocery store^

• 18% or 126,620 persons in Jackson County, Missouri are on food stamps.*

• Kansas: • 18th highest adult obesity rate at 29.4%+

• 35.4% of adults in Wyandotte County are obese+

• 13,000 low income persons living more than a mile from a grocery store^

• 16% or 24,932 persons in Wyandotte County, Kansas are on food stamps.*

+CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity data ^USDA Food Environment Atlas*USDA, May, 2011

KC Beans&Greens Program Mission

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Improves access to and affordability for local, healthy food in Kansas City

Program helps:

• Lower Income Shoppers• Local Farmers• Local Economy• Improved Public Health

“Win – Win” for Everyone!

How Does Beans&Greens Increase Access and Affordability?

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I. Provide Farmers Markets With EBT Machines and Tokens

2. Provide Matching Dollars When Food Assistance is Used

How Does Beans&Greens Increase Access and Affordability?

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3. The Beans&Greens Mobile Market brings healthy food weekly to food desert neighborhoods and agencies where low-income residents live and

congregate.

Beans&Greens Impact on Market Sales

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2009 2010 2011 2012$0

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

Beans&Greens Match Food Assistance

$7,900

$97,950

$199,265

$340,000 Projected for 2012

Total Food Assistance Dollars + Match Dollars

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Mobile Market Comparison – 2011 & 2012

Stats 2011 –Year I 2012 to date

Sites 3 8

Gross Sales $16,432 $15,699

% Food Assistance 38% 57%

% Sales Cash, Debit, Check

62% 47%

YTD SNAP Trans 96 339

YTD SFMNP-Seniors 27 100

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An Investment in the Future

Beans&Greens Supports the Community

Access Affordability Cooking“Know How”

Local Farmers Markets & Mobile Market

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Local Neighborhoods & Communities

Menorah Legacy Foundationand

the KC Beans&Greens Program

Low Income Shoppers + Small Scale Farmers = Enhanced Commerce + Healthier Behaviors