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Houston Health Department established DAWN to offer free wellness programming to those diagnosed with, and at risk for, diabetes. Members will make lifestyle enhancements to improve their disease management and quality of life.
Third Ward Multi-Service Center
3611 Ennis, Houston, Texas 77004
832-393-4055
Edible Houston is an independently owned, community-based bi-monthly Edible Communities publication that celebrates the seasonal food culture of the Houston area.
Several farmers' markets in Houston accept SNAP benefits. The following list contains links to each location:
- Get Moving Houston Farmers’ Market: Denver Harbor Multi-Service Center, 6402 Market St, 77020
- Get Moving Houston Farmers’ Market: Sunnyside Multi-Service Center, 9314 Cullen, 77051
- Get Moving Houston Farmers’ Market: Acres Home Multi-Service Center, 6719 W. Montgomery, 77091
- Get Moving Houston Farmers’ Market: Southwest Multi-Service Center, 6400 High Star Dr, 77074
- Get Moving Houston Farmers’ Market: Northeast Multi-Service Center, 9720 Spaulding St, 77016
This website provides links to sites that are tailored to gardening in Houston
Go Healthy Houston is improving the health of all Houstonians by increasing access to healthy foods, physical activity, and tobacco-free places. The initiative was launched by Mayor Annise Parker in 2012 and is led by a coalition of public and private partners.
Houston Food Bank's Social Services Outreach Program (SSOP) is focused on raising awareness in the service area of available social services and provides application and
technical assistance for state-funded social and health services.
535 Portwall Street
Houston, Texas 77029
The purpose of the Emergency Food Pantry is to serve working families who can’t access their neighborhood pantry. The pantry requires proof of employment in the form of a paycheck or paystub from an employer.
535 Portwall Street
Houston, Texas 77029
As a member of the nation's largest non-governmental, domestic hunger relief organization - Feeding America - our goal is to make food accessible to hungry people in their greatest times of need.
535 Portwall Street
Houston, Texas 77029
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department has six playgrounds where all children and families can play together, regardless of their abilities. Located throughout the department’s park system, these playgrounds were built through a variety of programs, but all aim to provide inclusive environments for children of all abilities.
Kids’ Meals is a first-responder to children ages five-years-old and under facing debilitating hunger due to abject poverty. Every weekday, year-round, from 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers prepare thousands of healthy lunches consisting of a sandwich, snack and 100% juice or milk.
METRO's local bus service runs mostly along city streets, making stops at every other corner along the designated route. Routes are color-coded based on service frequency during the midday and weekends.
MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime. Everything you eat and drink matters. The right mix can help you be healthier now and in the future.
From this simple concept grew Urban Harvest, a nonprofit organization with three hardworking programs at its core: Community Gardens, gardening and youth Education, and Farmers Markets. Urban Harvest inspires and empowers people of diverse backgrounds to grow and share healthy foods, in the process enriching the city we all call home. Find gardening advice here!
USDA’s nutrition programs like SNAP have a long-standing commitment to improve the nutrition of children and low-income families and help ensure that all of America’s children have access to safe, nutritious, and well-balanced meals.
The YMCA of Greater Houston offers programs for families that focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. At their local YMCA, Houston-area families will find activities for youth & teen, including afterschool programs, camps, sports leagues, fitness classes and more.
This organization aims to ensure that all people in Dallas County have ready access to nourishing foods and that they are offered life-skills education that can help reduce obesity in impoverished areas. They provide families with a variety of nutritious food, including lots of fresh produce.
Crossroads Community Services
1822 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75201
214-560-2511
Edible Dallas & Fort Worth is a community-based publication that promotes the local food, farms and cuisine of the Dallas Fort Worth Texas area.
This program is designed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed-behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being.
Dallas County EFNEP
7610 N. Stemmons Frwy.
Suite 140
Dallas, TX 75247
214-688-0912
Several farmers' markets in Dallas accept SNAP. See the links below to find the ones most convenient for you:
Dallas Farmers Market/Grow North Texas, 1010 S Pearl Expressway, Dallas, TX 75201
Vickery Meadow Local Market, 5803 E. Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX 75231
White Rock Local Market at Lakeside, 9150 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218
White Rock Local Market, Inc., 702 N. Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX 75218
Coppell Farmers Market, Old Town Coppell at 768 W. Main Street, Coppell, Texas 75019
Eden's Organic Garden Center, 4710 Pioneer Road, Balch Springs, TX 75180
Offers healthy meals to kids in their afterschool program as well as healthy snacks on the weekend. Exercise classes are offered 4 days per week to adults and Jubilee’s youth athletics program targets the issue of childhood obesity among resident children.
Jubilee Park and Community Center
917 Bank Street
Dallas, TX 75223
214-887-1364
MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime. Everything you eat and drink matters. The right mix can help you be healthier now and in the future.
Dallas nonprofit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of more than 200 Partner Agencies in 13 counties. As a member of Feeding America, we support the nutritional needs of children, families and seniors through education, advocacy and strategic partnerships. We strive to be the best nonprofit. Including access provided through SNAP application services, NTFB provides access to nearly 170,000 nutritious meals every day.
This organization provides low-income families with nutritional food on a weekly basis by distributing groceries, hot meals, bus passes, and gas cards.
South Dallas Community Food Center
3119 Pine Street Building I
Dallas, TX 75215
214-565-9136
USDA’s nutrition programs like SNAP have a long-standing commitment to improve the nutrition of children and low-income families and help ensure that all of America’s children have access to safe, nutritious, and well-balanced meals. For more information about how to apply for SNAP benefits please visit
Offers a food pantry program to individuals and families in need. They have special holiday programs including Thanksgiving food baskets as well as preventative health services and a nutritional program. They also host an annual wellness expo.
West Dallas Multipurpose Center
2828 Fish Trap Rd.
Dallas, TX 75212
214-670-6530
The food pantry program helps families in need, many of who have children.
White Rock Center of Hope
10021A Garland Rd.
Dallas, TX 75218
214-324-8996
The YMCA of Dallas offers programs for families that focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. At their local YMCA, Dallas-area families will find activities for youth & teen, including afterschool programs, camps, sports leagues, fitness classes and more.
Founded in 1981, the Central Texas Food Bank of Texas provides food and grocery products through a network of over 300 Partner Agencies and nutrition programs, serving nearly 46,000 people every week. Headquartered in Austin, the Food Bank serves 21 counties in Central Texas, an area about twice the size of Massachusetts.
Welcome to Edible Austin. We are a bi-monthly publication promoting local food in Austin and Central Texas.
SNAP benefits are accepted at several farmers' markets in Austin:
- Green Gate Neighborhood Farm Market
- Springdale Neighborhood Farm Market
- Texas Farmers' Market at Lakeline
- Texas Farmers' Market Mueller
- SFC Farmers' Market Sunset Valley
- SFC Farmers' Market Downtown
- SFC Farmers' Market at Triangle
- SFC Farmers' Market East
- Sierra Ridge Neighborhood Farm Market
- Cunningham Neighborhood Farm Market
- Sanchez Neighborhood Farm Market
A map and list of farmer's markets in Central Texas.
Green Corn Project (GCP) is a grassroots, volunteer-run organization dedicated to helping Central Texans in need grow their own organic vegetables. GCP installs organic food gardens for elderly, low-income, and disabled community members as well as for elementary schools, community centers, and shelters in underserved areas of Austin. We turn unused land into garden beds that provide food, education, and a sense of accomplishment and pride for all involved in their creation and maintenance.
Keep Austin Fed is a volunteer based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that gathers wholesome and nutritious surplus food from commercial kitchens and distributes it to area charities that serve hungry people in need.
MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime. Everything you eat and drink matters. The right mix can help you be healthier now and in the future.
PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability) Farm is a collective of educators, students, parents, and community members operating the community and school organic farm at Cunningham Elementary in Austin.
Sustainable Food Center's mission is to cultivate a healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. SFC envisions a food-secure community where all children and adults grow, share, and prepare healthy, local food.
Urban Roots is a youth development organization that uses food and farming to transform the lives of young people and inspire, engage, and nourish the community.
USDA’s nutrition programs like SNAP have a long-standing commitment to improve the nutrition of children and low-income families and help ensure that all of America’s children have access to safe, nutritious, and well-balanced meals.
The Y is dedicated to building programs for youth development, for healthy living and for social responsibility that promote strong families, character values, youth leadership, community development and international understanding. The Y makes accessible the support and opportunities that empower people and communities to learn, grow and thrive by providing supportive and inclusive environments that nurture the potential of every youth and teen, improves the nation's health and well-being and provides opportunities to give back and support neighbors.
