129: Advocating for Healthy Food Traditions to Change Communities & Transform Lives

This is a special Women's HERstory month edition Tracy does every March. National City has one of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in San Diego County and in the state of California. To help women seeking healthier diets in National City, a 7-week nutrition program called Cooking for Salud® was designed in 2012 with the goal of empowering families to take control of their health through the foods that they eat and prepare at home.

It has become a Latina-led movement to raise the health, wellbeing, and resilience of the community with its graduates — Kitchenistas® — advocating, educating and cooking high-quality food in their homes, schools, city, and beyond. With more than 275 Kichtenistas — and a 1 year waitlist — these women are conquering their community health crisis by cooking traditional dishes in a healthy way.

Listen as Tracy chats with Kitchenistas Jacqueline Ante and Monica Lim and OlivewoodGardens Executive Director Jen Nationa about how a range of small advocacy actions over time have lead to big changes. Connect with Tracy: facebook.com/groups/EatingataMeeting thrivemeetings.com