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The Eat Local Challenge encourages residents to eat foods that have traveled no more than 200 miles to their plate. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)
In 2016, the Eat Local Challenge, co-founded by Tulane University alumnus Lee Stafford, is becoming Eat Local Month and the goal of healthy eating is expanding to include recipients of the federal nutrition assistance program.
“We are including citizens who would benefit the most from a fresh food diet, but often have the least access,” says Stafford, who earned a bachelor's degree from Tulane in 1989. “In a partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank and Eat Fit NOLA, we are donating all local produce for SNAP recipients.”
The challenge begins on Tuesday (May 31) and ends on Thursday (June 30).