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Indiana VA staff helps to make VA more sustainable by tapping maple trees to make syrup.

Goal of “Nutrition and Food Service Greening the VA Initiative” is to proactively approach and reduce harmful aspects facing our environment.

Community partners, individuals, employees and anonymous donors have generously made donations for food insecure Veterans.

Tucson’s Southern Arizona VA Patriot Pantry supports Veteran food insecurity with emergency food provisions and is a bridge to other community food resources for Veteran patients.

Employees at James H. Quillen VA collected more than 10 tons of food as part of VA’s annual Feds Feed Families Food Drive campaign.

When Army Veteran Rodney Bennett’s medical provider recognized he was food insecure, VA’s homeless program stepped in to help.

VA connected Papa Don to a food bank that partners with VA to provide nutritious food for Veterans with food insecurity.

Commissaries are collecting food donations for families in need through the annual Feds Feed Families food drive.

Soldiers’ Angels provides food assistance to the Veteran community through the Veteran Food Distribution program.

The article discussed the results of an earlier study by Kamdar and colleagues that used photo-elicitation to better understand food insecurity in a group of post 9/11 Veterans with children. The researchers found that food insecurity in Veterans is highly intertwined with physical and mental health, military culture, and lack of basic resources like housing or transportation.

Good for heart and gut health, fiber can reduce the risk of diabetes and some cancers, and aid with weight loss. It is rich in vitamins and minerals.

Tina Turner tune took VA dietitian back to a basic question: What’s food got to do with the many benefits of a healthy lifestyle?