The Buffalo-Erie Food Policy Council was created in 2013.
The Buffalo-Erie Food Policy Council was created with the support of the HKHC – Buffalo is a local partnership supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to improve opportunities for physical activity and access to affordable healthy foods for children and families in the city of Buffalo by encouraging changes to public policy and the built environment. Based on a rigorous selection process that drew more than 500 proposals from across the country, Buffalo is one of 41 sites selected for the RWJF Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) initiative.
The 40 other cities and regions just announced as Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities sites are:
Benton County, OR
Boone and Newton Counties, AR
Caguas, PR
Charleston, WV
Chattanooga, TN
Cook County, GA
Cuba, NM
Denver, CO
Desoto, Marshall and Tate Counties, MS
El Paso, TX
Fitchburg, MA
Flint, MI
Grant County, NM
Greenville, SC
Hamilton County, OH
Houghton County, MI
Houston, TX
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL
Jefferson County, AL
Kane County, IL
Kansas City, MO
Kingston, NY
Knox County, TN
Lake Worth, Greenacres and Palm Springs, FL
Milledgeville, GA
Milwaukee, WI
Moore and Montgomery Counties, NC
Multnomah County/Portland, OR
Nash and Edgecombe Counties, NC
New Orleans, LA
Omaha, NE
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Rochester, NY
San Antonio, TX
San Felipe Pueblo, NM
Spartanburg County, SC
Watsonville and Pajaro Valley, CA
All were selected because of strong vision, partnership, and a commitment to make lasting change in their communities. For more information about Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities – Buffalo visit the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website.