Age-Friendly Network Video: Strengthening Communities Through Food Security

These communities are working to ensure that residents of all ages, and especially older adults, have access to healthy and affordable food options.

• Baltimore County, Maryland, hosts an annual “No Senior Eats Alone Day” to help combat loneliness and hunger

• Auburn, Maine, residents of all ages benefitted from a largescale potato giveaway

• Greendale, Wisconsin, fosters a partnership that connects children and older adults through a community garden

• Renton, Washington, supports a daily lunch program and free grocery distributions

• Allegany County, New York, is working to reduce barriers to food assistance programs and expand access through local markets and food delivery  

• Dexter, Maine, distributed raised garden beds, soil and plants to older residents

• Miami Gardens, Florida, has embedded healthy food access and active living strategies into its comprehensive master plan

• Arlington, Virginia, has pop-up farmers’ markets that bring healthy foods to near where people live

• Rockport, Massachusetts, restaurants and a high school-based culinary program provide meals to older residents throughout the year

• Caribou, Maine, has a community garden that provides fresh produce to two older adult communities and a nursing home

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