Cafe Dining, Restaurants and Pop-up Meal Sites

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In this episode, Bob interviews two ACL Innovation in Nutrition grantees - Tasha Romo from Humboldt County Senior Services, CA and Derek Anderson from AgeSpan, MA - about their exciting approaches to reaching both rural and urban seniors, including those from immigrant communities and those who live in remote areas without existing meal sites.

Tasha and Derek share their program successes:

• Helping local businesses recover from pandemic losses in sales
• To date, data shows these programs are reducing food insecurity and loneliness
• Customer satisfaction is "through the roof"
• Restaurants and cafes are attracting younger seniors
• Pop-up sites help serve areas away from existing nutrition sites and that also do not have local grocery store ...