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Food Pantry Project

As part of the federal government’s Food and Nutrition Service, Lane County receives commodity foods for distribution to limited resource individuals and families. Volunteers help families by sharing nutrition information, recipes, and food preparation tips. They often suggest ways to prepare unfamiliar foods that may be included in a food box.

Our goals are to:

  • Increase the use and consumption of underutilized USDA commodity foods
  • Provide simple nutritious recipes and demonstrations at food pantry sites
  • Help those receiving food boxes improve the nutritional quality of their diets
  • Involve volunteers who share their expertise, providing a community service while promoting Extension programs

The Food Pantry Project is a partnership between the OSU Extension Service in Lane County Nutrition Education Program, Family Food Education/Master Food Preserver Program, Study Group Program, and FOOD for Lane County.

 

Please note:

Check back often to find out when the next Food Pantry Training will take place. Trainings are held at the Oregon State University Extension Service in Lane County located at 950 West 13th Avenue, Eugene. The training includes a tour of FOOD for Lane County for those interested. Pre-registration is required.

For more information or to sign-up, contact the OSU Extension Service in Lane County Nutrition Education Program at 541-682-4281, for services in Spanish, call 541-682-7325.

 

From the Pantry to the Kitchen Cookbook
Every quarter, the Food Pantry Project publishes a book of recipes that is included in food boxes. To gather recipes for the cookbook, the Family Food Educators/Master Food Preservers program sponsors a Cook-Off contest. Unfortunately, the targeted goal for this years Cook-Off Contest had not been met so we had to cancel the contest due to lack of participants. We will hold another Cook-Off in the future and hope to be able to get more recipe entries next time around. Thank you to all those who did submit recipes this year. We hope you will participate again when the opportunity arises.

 

Previous editions of the Cookbook are available for downloading and viewing/printing.