Zita rangu ndiAbby Zarate, uye ndiri University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) dietetic intern. Ndakauya kuGalveston Country Food Bank kuti nditenderere nharaunda. Kutenderera kwangu kwaiva kwevhiki ina muna March naApril. Munguva yangu ndinoenda kunoshanda pamapurogiramu akasiyana-siyana edzidzo uye ekuwedzera. Ndakashandisa humbowo-hwakavakirwa kharikhulamu yakadai seColor Me Healthy, Organwise Guys, uye MyPlate My Family yeSNAP-ED, Farmers Market uye Corner Store mapurojekiti. Chimwe chirongwa chandakashanda pachiri ndecheHomebound Nutritional Outreach Programme icho chaitsigirwa neSenior Hunger Grant Initiative. Colour Me Healthy yakashandiswa kuvana 4 kusvika 5. Humbowo-hwakavakirwa curriculum inotarisa pakudzidzisa vana nezvemichero, miriwo, uye kurovedza muviri kuburikidza nemuvara, mimhanzi, uye 5 pfungwa. MyPlate yeMhuri Yangu yaishandiswa kubika zviratidzo zvevakuru nevana vechikoro chesekondari. Chidzidzo chimwe nechimwe chakaratidzwa neresipi inoenderana.

Ndichiri kushanda pachirongwa chechitoro chekona, takasvika pakushanda nechitoro paGalveston Island kusimudzira sarudzo dzine hutano muchitoro chavo. Maneja wechitoro akafara kuti isu tiuye kuzobatsira kumupa sarudzo dzine hutano uye kumudzidzisa. Kuti ndibatsire kumudzidzisa iye nevamwe varidzi vezvitoro, ndakagadzira gwara rekuvadzidzisa zvekutsvaga mukudya kunovaka muviri, nzira yekuwedzera kurongeka kwavo kwechitoro, uye kuti ndeapi mapurogiramu emubatanidzwa avanogona kugamuchira nemamwe maitiro.

Kuburikidza nemavhiki mana aya, ndakadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pekuti GCFB inodyidzana sei nenharaunda dzakatenderedza uye huwandu hwenhamburiko yakapihwa kupa hutano sarudzo uye dzidzo yekudya.

Mukati memavhiki mashoma ekutanga, ndaicherechedza nekubatsira nedzidzo yezvokudya uye makirasi ekubika. Ini ndaizogadzira makadhi eresipi, mavara ezvekudya, uye kugadzira zviitiko zvemakirasi. Gare gare mukutenderera kwangu, ndakabatsira kugadzira mavhidhiyo ekubika. Zvakare, ndakazvigadziridza yeGCFB YouTube chiteshi. Munguva yangu yese, ndaigadzira zvinyorwa zvezvinangwa zvekudzidzisa.

Pakushanda paSenior Hunger Program, ndakaongorora mabhokisi akagadzirwa nemishonga neAle Nutrition Educator, MS. Izvi zvainakidza kuona magadzirirwo avaiita mabhokisi acho zvichienderana nechikafu chemazuva ese uye chikafu chaiodha. Uyezve, takafananidza kudya kunokurudzirwa kune chirwere chekudya.

Musvondo rangu rechitatu, ndakasvika kugadzira chiitiko chevabereki mukirasi yedu yemanheru. Ini ndakagadzira MyPlate-themed Scattergories mutambo. Musvondo rino ndakaendawo kuGalveston's Own Farmers Market nebhangi rechikafu. Takaratidza maitiro ekuchengetedza chikafu uye hunyanzvi hwebanga. Mabikirwo evhiki 'garlic shrimp stir fry.' Miriwo mizhinji yaishandiswa mundiro yaibva kumusika wemurimi musi iwoyo. Takava nemusangano naSeeding Galveston uye takaona chiono chavo cheramangwana uye kuti vanoda sei kubatanidzwa zvakanyanya munharaunda. Chirongwa chavo chinopa miriwo inoshamisa uye zvinomera kuti vanhu vatenge vhiki nevhiki. Ini nevamwe vadzidzi veUTMB takakwanisa kuenda kukirasi yekubika yekuKorea. Ichi chiitiko chaishamisa uye chakavhura maziso angu kuKorea cuisine uye tsika.

Muvhiki yangu yekupedzisira, ndakakwanisa kutungamirira kirasi pachikoro chepuraimari. Kudzidzisa kirasi ndaishandisa humbowo-hwakavakirwa curriculum Organwise Guys. Organwise Guys inotarisa kuvana vezera repuraimari nekuvadzidzisa kuva nekudya kune hutano, kunwa mvura, uye kurovedza muviri. Chirongwa ichi chinoratidza kuti nhengo dzese dziri mumiviri yedu dzinobatsira sei kuti tive neutano hwakanaka uye tiine simba, uye kuti tingaichengeta sei ine hutano. Ndakadzidzisa musvondo rekutanga, svondo rino rakanangana nekudzidza nezvenhengo dzega dzega uye kuti dzinobatsira sei mumuviri. Chiitiko chandakagadzira ndechekuti vana vatore nhengo yavanofarira kubva kune vakomana veOrganwise. Pavakangosarudza mutezo wavanofarira, vaifanira kunyora chokwadi chinonakidza uye chimwe chinhu chitsva chavakadzidza nezvenhengo. Tevere, vaifanira kugovera kukirasi ruzivo rwavo rweOrganwise Guy voenda narwo kumba kunoudza vabereki vavo.

Zvese mune zvese, vashandi vezvekudya vanoshanda nesimba kuti hupenyu hune hutano hufadze uye hufadze kuburikidza nenzira dzakasiyana. Wanga uri mufaro uye mufaro kushanda nechikwata chinoshamisa kudaro chinochengeta nharaunda yeGalveston County.