All Yancey County residents have the knowledge, opportunities, and resources to eat well and stay active for a lifetime
% Food Insecure (Represents those who ran out of food at least once in the past year and/or worried about running out of food in the past year).
Current Value
29
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand why the data on the percent of adults with no leisure-time physical activity is the way that it is in our community. When we understand the root causes of our community problems, we have a better chance of finding the right solutions, together.
What's Helping? These are the positive forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Harvest Share Program by rec house, TRACTOR and dig in
- Summer Food Program through PATH
- Meals on wheels
- Educational Classes through NC Cooperative extension
- Food pantries (Churches, rec house, etc.)
- Reconciliation House
- TRACTOR regional food hub
- Dig-In Community Garden
- Toe River Project Access
- Yancey County WIC program
- DSS Nutritional Assistance Programs
- MCHP Nutritional Counseling
What's Hurting? These are the negative forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Increasing food costs due to inflation
- Manna Food Bank Budget Cuts
- Hurricane Helene impact on our local grocery stores (grocery store is busier due to neighboring county losing an ingles)
- Hurricane Helene impact on gardens
- Stigma around food assistance programs
- Federal funding cuts for programs
- Affordable healthy food options
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