The Family Nutrition Program focuses on sharing basic nutrition education with participants and partners. Below, you can find some resources for an introduction of MyPlate, which is the foundation for all of FNP’s programming and referred to most often as a baseline for nutrition education.
MyPlate is the current food and nutrition guide from the United States Department of Agriculture. It was created to give Americans an easy visual guide to encourage an eating pattern that includes foods from the five food groups. The recommendations within MyPlate are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
This is a library of Virginia Cooperative Extension – Family Nutrition Program’s nutrition education resources for use at your pantry, retail store, farmers market or other program area. Our Materials Catalog contains an overview of all educational resources and partner materials to help you decide what might be most useful for your organization.
Shelf Talkers: Use these shelf talkers by hanging them in your pantry to help neighbors identify different food items and to provide a fact about them.
Shelf Talkers – English and Spanish [PDF]
Posters: Use these posters to advertise different recipes and uses for ingredients at your pantry.
Posters – English and Spanish 8.5×11 [PDF]
Posters – English and Spanish 11×17 [PDF]
Posters – English 2×3 [PDF]
Posters – Spanish 2×3 [PDF]
Produce of the Month: Use these Produce of the Month posters and social media content to spotlight different produce options at your pantry.
Produce of the Month posters – English 11×17 [PDF]
Produce of the Month posters – Spanish 11×17 [PDF]
Produce of the Month posters – English 18×24 [PDF]
Produce of the Month posters – Spanish 18×24 [PDF]
Produce of the Month social media – English [PDF]
Produce of the Month social media – Spanish [PDF]
“This or That” Interactive Activity: Use this interactive mini activity in your pantry to engage with neighbors about the different food groups.
This or That Flipchart [PDF]
This or That Flipchart – Spanish [PDF]
Healthy Food Arrows: Print out these arrows and place them around your pantry to help neighbors navigate towards healthy food items. These arrows can be placed on walls, on the floor, inside a floor standing sign or even outside the pantry.
Healthy Floor Arrows [PDF]