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March is national nutrition month! For our social and cultural class we are having a food drive. The food drive will benefit many different cultures in our local community through the food bank. For our project, we picked India. Our board will document our work through the month!

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In Scranton, PA the Indian population is the second most common origin for immigrants totalling 1,75 people. This number includes both recent immigrants and those who have been here for decades

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Indian cuisine is influenced by many countries. It is known for the variety of dishes with the main influence of spices. Each region of India has a different influence on the food! Many people are vegetarians in India but for non-vegetarians, lamb and chicken are commonly used. Spices are utilized in each meal in the Indian culture, including ginger, coriander, turmeric, dried hot peppers, and cinnamon. Indian cuisine is usually eaten with one's fingers or bread is used instead of forks. Breads are commonly served with every meal such as naan and bhatoora.

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Most cultures have similar health guides to our myplate. According to the FAO, the messages promoted in Indian food culture is to eat a variety of foods, plenty of vegetables and fruits, moderate use of edible oils and animal foods, and to ensure the use of clean safe foods. The pyramid itself is divided into four levels: cereals and legumes, vegetables and fruits, animal food sources and oils, and finally highly processed foods at the top. There is also a recommendation for physical activity and warnings against drinking and smoking.

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Check out our flyer!!

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All food that is donated will go to the Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank! The places that will receive the donations through the food bank includes homeless shelters, food pantries, soup kitchens, daycares, camps for children, and senior programs. Recently, the Weinberg Food Bank has distributed over 5 million pounds of food to over 160 agencies!!

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With the help of social media like instagram, hopefully we can collect a good amount of food!

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So far we have collected a bunch of food! We are very thankful for the donations we have received so far!

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Our Box is all set up in the nutrition building, please come check it out!

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Today! We put together our box for National Nutrition Month! It will be set up in OHCF on March 1st!

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Using social media is a great way to get word about our food drive

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Getting the word out for donations!

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This project was very eye opening the different cultural groups within our local community. Two of us who worked on this project are not from the area, so this project showed us that many different cultures are represented in the community through restaurants, shops, and food stores. We all had a lot of fun making our box for this project and getting the word out to the community. Food drives really do make a difference and we are glad we were able to be apart of it to help those in need.

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Thank you to everyone who donated to our food drive! We received 36.2 lbs of food!!