Save Time, Save Money, Eat Healthy, Move More with SNAP-Ed NY!
SNAP-Ed New York
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Program (SNAP-Ed NY) helps people with limited incomes learn how to eat better for less money. It is a free, confidential nutrition education program to help you and your family manage your food resources during tough economic times.
Join Us for FREE workshops and classes
Join us for a FREE one-time workshop-- or a few classes -- that will help you learn to fill your grocery cart and dinner table with healthy and inexpensive foods. Our nutrition educator will help you learn about cooking, meal planning, healthy food shopping on a budget, nutrition, food safety, weight control and physical activity, and much more. You'll learn easy ways to:
- Eat more fruits
- Eat more vegetables
- Drink fewer sweetened beverages
- Drink more low-fat milk
- Drink more water
- Exercise every day
- Maintain calorie balance
Who Is Eligible?
- If you currently receive SNAP ED (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits or are considered SNAP – eligible, you can participate in this free program! Find out if you’re eligible to receive SNAP here!
What You’ll Learn
- to prepare easy, good-tasting, low-cost meals in minutes.
- to spend less time at the grocery store and buy healthier food with your money and SNAP benefits.
- to make healthy meals and snacks that children will love
- to plan meals, prepare and store food safely, and use less salt, sugar, and fat when you cook.
- to read and understand food labels.
- to make healthy lifestyle changes part of every day.
Our classes are FREE and the only cost to you is your time. Classes meet at places in the community like food pantries, senior centers, or schools.Do you have an interested group of adults or youth? Call us to schedule a class or series of classes!
Visit our EVENTS CALENDAR to see where we'll be out in the community, or call to find a class near you!
Contact
Becky McCormick
SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator
rsc34@cornell.edu
(315) 255-1183 Ext. 2873
Last updated June 1, 2023
Program Advisory Committee
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SNAP-Ed Recipes
Find healthy, tasty and easy recipes to make and enjoy on the SnapEdNY website!
Our SNAP-Ed Goals
To promote healthy eating habits SNAP-Ed helps families and individuals:
- Increase the consumption of nutrient dense fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats and low-fat dairy products.
- Decrease the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
- Reduce the consumption of low-nutrient, high-energy dense foods containing large amounts of added sugars, salt and saturated fat.
- Increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviors.
To reduce hunger and food insecurity SNAP-Ed aims to improve the health of families and individuals by :
- Improving food resource management skills.
- Improving food preparation skills.
- Increasing access to affordable and nutritious food.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- SNAP. SNAP provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a better diet.
