Cornerstone’s Nutrition Education and Gardening Programs

The mission of Cornerstone’s Children’s Nutrition Connection is to improve food equity for children and families in underserved neighborhoods by improving food access and to empower the community to make sustainable lifestyle changes through nutrition education

Cornerstone has partnered with Feeding Tampa Bay to become a Groceries-on-the-Go site!  GOTG is a mobile grocery store stocked with nutritious food including low sodium canned goods, whole grains, self-stable proteins and dairy, and fresh produce. The truck allows individuals who reside in food deserts or have trouble getting to food to gain access to nutritious food at a low cost. Individuals can pay using cash, credit, EBT, or the voucher program. GOTG will be at our Children’s Nutrition Connection location in Ybor City every 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 11am-12pm.

The shopping time to coincides with our community garden volunteer hours (Tuesdays from 9am-11am). Families from the neighborhood who come to volunteer in the garden will not only get to take home the fresh produce they harvest but will also receive a $5 voucher for every hour of service to purchase their groceries at the GOTG truck.

Cooking with Kids provides garden to table education to help children and youth learn healthy habits at a young age by teaching them where food comes from, how it grows, and how it fuels their bodies.  The program uses produce from Cornerstone’s Community Garden to teach children about food sourcing, to encourage them to try new foods, and to empower them to make smarter food choices for long term health!  Cooking with Kids classes take place in early learning classrooms, after school programs, or right in our garden.  This program is free to all childcare centers under Cornerstone’s Childcare Food Program sponsorship.