Online Tools and Training Tools
Eat Well for Less Web based Learning: Stretching Food DollarsOregon State University Extension Service.
Web based learning module providing tips and instructions to participants on basic food resource management which include "Strategies at Home" and "Strategies at the Store."
Food for the Hungry NewslettersIndiana's Emergency Food Resource Network.
A series of newsletters for the staff and volunteers of emergency feeding programs. Newsletters contain information specific to the state of Indiana, but also contain other articles and informative content related to food security that could be useful to nutrition educators, staff and volunteers nation-wide.
The National Nutrition Safety Net: Tools for Community Food Security (PDF | 498 KB)USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Helps program providers, public officials, anti-hunger advocates, coalitions, and individual volunteers overcome barriers to making the nutrition assistance programs available to all of those eligible in their local communities.
Guide to Measuring Household Food Security (PDF | 189 KB)USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Gives those concerned about food insecurity and hunger the tools to assess the extent of these problems in their communities.
Together We Can! (PDF | 187 KB)
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
A handbook that offers step-by-step plans for combating hunger. Outlines ideas for what volunteers can do, provides action plans for hunger-fighting activities, and identifies resources available to fight hunger in communities everywhere throughout America.
Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Global education initiative for schools and youth groups designed to enable and encourage teachers, students and young people to become actively involved in helping create a world free from hunger and malnutrition.