Operation FrontlineOperation Frontline, a program of Share Our Strength focuses on affordable nutrition. By working hands on with class participants our volunteer chefs and nutrition educators are making a difference every day in the way families shop for food, prepare meals and make healthier food choices. Operation Frontline is a program that makes a change in participant's lives from day one.
The Queens Galley is a proud partner with Share Our Strength bringing Operation Frontline to the Hudson Valley. Please join us by sharing your strength; volunteer today and change someone's life today or make a donation to help us continue or work to feed the Hudson Valley...one meal at a time. For more information about bringing an Operation Frontline class to your neighborhood group please contact Lisa Rowdycz at the Queens Galley 845-802-6931. Can't volunteer? Make a donation!
According to The World Bank, nearly a billion people around the world live on a dollar a day, or even less; in the United States, the daily food-stamp allowance is typically just a few dollars per person, while the average American eats $7 worth of food per day. Middle income families struggle with food cost issues previously associated with only the poor or working poor. As prices for fresh food continue to rise the calorie dense low nutritive junk foods have decreased in price at the grocery check out. Family diets have changed significantly. Diminishing food budgets force households to give up many healthier choices and dinners out. Fresh fruit and vegetables have become luxuries. One of the biggest challenges facing middle income working families is the time they have to spend in meal preparation.
When food stamps and income checks run low toward the end of the month, individuals often must scrape by on a dollar a day or less. But many people don't know how to prepare foods from scratch, or lack the time. For inexpensive nutritious foods to be an alternative option you must know how to cook beans and rice, how to soak lentils and how to cook whole grains. Many people don't have the knowledge and that struggle is compounded by lack of time if they're working two jobs.
Last year, a study published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, compared the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. The study showed that "energy dense" junk foods, which pack the most calories and fewest nutrients per gram, were far less expensive than nutrient-rich, lower-calorie foods like fruits and vegetables. The prices of the most healthful foods surged 19.5 percent over the two-year study period, while the junk food prices dropped 1.8 percent. Researchers worry that these trends will push consumers toward less healthful foods.
At the Queens Galley and around our nation there are volunteers ready to help people place healthier food choices on their tables within budget limitations. Volunteer or make a donation.
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