Community-based nutrition education and hands-on cooking intervention increases farmers' market use and vegetable servings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants' reported farmers' market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families.

Design

The current study used a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised trial of the M2MP intervention.

Setting

The 7-week M2MP program was delivered at Extension offices and community centres in central Illinois.

Participants

Participants included 120 adults and their families. Class cohorts were ran

SUBMITTER: Metcalfe JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature