Steps for Getting Started Using SWAP in Your Food Bank

According to Feeding America, "In 2019, Healthy Eating Research (HER) convened a panel of experts to create clear, specific recommendations for nutrition guidelines tailored to the unique needs and capacity of the charitable food system. Feeding America National Office (FANO) is encouraging its network food banks to implement the guidelines in their inventory system by 2025. SWAP (Supporting Wellness at Pantries) was developed in 2016 and revised in 2020 to align with the HER Nutrition Guidelines. SWAP is a series of tools and resources to help food banks and pantries operationalize the HER Nutrition Guidelines. The following readiness checklist is the result of a year’s long pilot with eight food banks around the country who were implementing SWAP in their food banks."