Dayton, Nevada – Stop by Healthy Communities Coalition’s headquarters at 209 Dayton Valley Road for free cooking demonstrations on September 25 and 26 anytime between 10am-2pm.

The public is warmly invited to learn more about Indian and Mexican fusion cuisine with Rupa, a passionate cooking instructor. She’ll demonstrate how to incorporate some of the ingredients at Healthy Communities’ Dayton Food Pantry into affordable and healthy dishes crackling with flavor.

Healthy Food Hub: The cooking demos are one part of the region’s Healthy Food Hub, an effort to increase access to and demand for affordable, nutritious and locally grown food. Healthy Communities promotes a number of initiatives and programs such as organic school and community gardens; gardening classes and clubs; summer farmers markets; school salad bars; cottage food entrepreneurships; volunteer-powered food pantries in Silver Springs, Yerington, and Dayton; Community Roots & Shoots nonprofit floral shop and garden center; and community cooking classes and wellness support groups that emphasize affordable, healthy menus.

Questions? Call Healthy Communities at 246-7550 or see healthycomm.org.