What is your congregation doing for lent? Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church is asking congregants to add healthy foods and behaviors rather than giving up one thing for Lent.
Re/Storing Nashville has made it to PBS! The documentary mini-series “The Calling” has spawned a series of short films about inspirational young adults working in faith communities entitled, “What’s Your Calling?”. Former Emerson Hunger Fellow, Jennifer Bailey worked with Re/Storing Nashville and found inspiration working with the Re/Storing Nashville Leadership Team and Edgehill Family Resource Center Director, Brenda Morrow. We’re so proud of the work that Jennifer is now doing as a campus coordinator with the Interfaith Youth Core and will continue to follow her throughout her career!
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Edgehill Food Now! efforts kick-off on August 31 with the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout. Over 450 people attended, and a follow-up meeting with Metro agencies was held with neighborhood leadership on September 16 to discuss transportation access and getting a grocery store (or two) into Edgehill.
Re/Storing Nashville (a program of Community Food Advocates) is collaborating with the Edgehill Family Resource Center and Organized Neighbors of Edgehill to launch a revitalized effort to bring affordable healthy food access to the Edgehill neighborhood through: Edgehill Food Now!
In three Nashville neighborhoods putting decent food on the table is a constant struggle. The areas, known as “food deserts,” are filled with junk food and not much else. Predictably, residents who live in these neighborhoods are suffering from poor health. But, there’s a new effort to fight food deserts, as WPLN’s Anne Marshall reports.
In Nashville's poorest communities, body mass indexes, a critical weight to height ratio and measure of health, are on average higher than in other neighborhoods.And there are hints that the reason for that difference may not lie simply between individual plates and mouths, but in what food can be found closest to Nashville's poorest homes.
It’s easy for Vernell McHenry to buy a bag of potato chips and a coke in her East Nashville neighborhood. It takes much more effort to shop for a fresh bunch of broccoli or a fuzzy ripe Georgia peach.