Question re: Nutritional Quality of Food Bank Food?

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I'm forwarding this from a colleague. Please respond to the list as I
think this is potentially useful information.

Forwarded message:

Has anyone done any work surrounding the nutritional quality of food
purchased by the food banks? I am hoping to gather information that we
can
use to develop nutrition standards and guidelines for NY that move our
food
banks away from heavy animal protein/fat laden diet towards a plant
based
diet, purchasing foods from the more wholesome side of our food systems.

Melanie Sherman
Nutritionist2000 at aol.com
--
Regards,

Laura Larsson
Director of Information Services
Health Services, Box 357660
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195
larsson at u.washington.edu
Listowner: PHNUTR-L, PHSW, PHNURSES, PNWHEALTH

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