Dayton, Nevada– Join dietitian Kim Mason for a free healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday April 18th, 2016 at 5:30pm at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street.

Cooking begins at 5:30pm and participants will sit down together to eat at around 6:15pm. Once a month, Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties hosts a free cooking demo and dinner.

It’s free, no need to register, and everyone is welcome. Questions? Call Healthy Communities Coalition at 246-7550.

One Spoke in a Regional Healthy Food Hub: The cooking classes, one of many “spokes” in a regional healthy food hub, normally take place on the third Monday of each month.

As part of a “Healthy Food Hub” – an effort to increase access to and demand for affordable, locally and sustainably grown food – Healthy Communities promotes a number of initiatives and programs such as the “Community Harvest” Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) basket program, school and community gardens and hoop houses, Jackrabbit Junction year-round farmers market, farmers markets, school salad bars with local produce, volunteer-powered food pantries, and gardening education.