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Get Healthy! It's Food Revolution Week

Save money and get healthy by participating in Food Revolution Week starting today. Share your healthy recipes in the comments.

Saturday is Food Revolution Day and Contra Costa County's biggest food bank has launched a healthy-diet program to celebrate it through-out this week. It's not too late to download the menu and join the program!

Check out this info straight from The Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano:

The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano believes access to nutritious, fresh foods shouldn’t be a luxury. We will celebrate the Food Revolution all week starting with a Meatless Monday menu and ending on Food Revolution Day with a trip to a community garden that grows fresh produce for the people we serve.

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Monday Download a delicious Meatless Monday Menu.
 

Tuesday - 2 p.m. walk revolutionized! Meet outside of the Food Bank Warehouse where we will amp up our normal 15 minute walk to 30 minutes and get our neighboring businesses and involved.

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Wednesday - Drop in for a talk on healthy eating from Lesley Styles at 2:30 p.m.!

Thursday - We are off to the State Capitol for Hunger Action Day! Help us advocate for healthy meals for all people email Lisa, lsherrill@foodbankccs.org to join us.

Friday - We are holding a staff screening of Forks Over Knives. Rent your copy and tell us what you think on our Facebook and Twitter discussions.

Saturday, Food Revolution Day - On Food Revolution Day we get our hands dirty at the Bounty Garden, a volunteer garden that donates fresh produce to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and tour Loma Vista Farm in Vallejo - a working farm that teaches gives school children hands-on experience with where their food comes from.

Follow the Food Bank’s week of Revolution on FacebookTwitter @foodbankccsand YouTube and share your thoughts on the #food

What's your favorite meatless dish? Share recipes, inspire others in the comments section.


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