Dayton, Nevada– Join dietitian Kim Mason for a free healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday Sept 19th, 2016 at 5:30pm at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street.

Participants will enjoy a meal together after the cooking demonstration.

Once a month, Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties (HCC) hosts a free cooking demo and dinner led by dietitian Kim Mason. This month, HCC’s new AmeriCorps members will also be onhand to assist. The classes are free, no need to register, and everyone is welcome.

Questions? Call Healthy Communities Coalition at 246-7550.

Part of 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. Ingredients used in the demos are nutritious and affordable.

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 with teen business interns, school salad bars with local produce, volunteer-powered food pantries, gardening education, etc.