Savannah Corner Store Program Awarded $10k City Grant
byApril 11, 2022 – Six local stores are now participating in the Corner Store Initiative to make healthy food choices the easy choice in…
Eat Healthy
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates
Healthy Savannah launches new initiative to help tackle food apartheid
bySAVANNAH, Ga, (WSAV) – A new initiative has launched in the hostess city, helping make healthy food options the easy choice to make in…
Healthy Savannah moves fresh food to the front of the line
bySAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — Healthy Savannah partnered with the YMCA for an initiative to make healthy food options convenient for shoppers by placing produce…
Healthy Savannah urges donations of healthy foods during holidays
byNearly 160,000 people in Coastal Georgia struggle with food insecurity, and many families turn to food pantries for additional assistance, especially during the holidays….
Healthy Savannah and YMCA Encourage Savannah Stores to Provide Healthier Options at Checkout
byIn Chatham County, 17.6% of all residents are food insecure and 21.8% of children are food insecure, with the accessibility and affordability of healthy…
Savannah: ‘Georgia Food Oasis’ Community!
bySavannah is one of five new Georgia Food Oasis communities! The Healthy Savannah Coalition’s application was approved based on the successes of many of…
Speak Up for a Healthy Savannah
byHealth starts where we live, learn, work, and play. Over 35,000 Savannahians live in areas without access to healthy food. When people lack access…
The State of Obesity in Georgia
byThe State of Obesity, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to both raising awareness about the obesity epidemic and promoting obesity prevention strategies, recently issued…
Nutrition 101 – Healthy Weight
by“A healthy body weight honors me – and my faith. It’s an established fact that overweight is a significant contributor to disease and premature…
Make It Local
byOn April 1, 2015 the Healthy Savannah coalition received a one year Plan4Health grant from the CDC via the American Planning Association and American…
Farm Truck 912-The Forsyth Farmers’ Market
byThanks to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s Live Well. Be Well. initiative, Forsyth Farmers’ Market has created Farm Truck 912, a mobile farmers’ market that brings…