1/8 Of Lebanon County residents receive SNAP benefits and 18% of our children are food insecure. Additionally, over 4900 residents in Lebanon have limited access to healthy foods and 32% of adults are obese. The healthy food access action team is a collaboration of hunger fighters, health enthusiasts, and community members striving to give everyone an equal opportunity to eat healthy.
OUR MISSION:
Unite organizations, ideas, and resources to promote healthy food access and choices among Lebanon county residents.
GOALS:
- Reduce food insecurity
- Improve food and beverage choices
- Enhance residents’ knowledge
DATA:
Nearly 50,000 people in Lancaster County face food insecurity, meaning that a staggering one in eleven Lancastrians experiences limited or uncertain access to adequate food throughout the year. Food insecurity is an unacceptable problem anywhere, but it is especially intolerable in a community as abundant as Lancaster.
To that end, this Community Hunger Mapping report is the charitable food system’s first major research initiative to better understand the causes, experiences, and dispersion of food insecurity in the county, as well as to make actionable recommendations that can improve neighbor experience at pantries in the immediate future and can begin to eliminate hunger in Lancaster County in the long term.
To learn more about the 2024 Lebanon Community Hunger Mapping Report’s findings and recommendations, please see the Executive Summary or the Full Report.
Local Food Access Resources
Visit the following pages to learn more about Lebanon County Resources