Operation Frontline
It takes more than food to fight hunger.
We work with leading nonprofit organizations to provide access to food and to facts about food choices so that it is easier to eat nutritiously, live balanced lifestyles and succeed in school and life.
To support nutrition education for those in need, we are proud to partner with Share Our Strength as the national sponsor of Operation Frontline, a groundbreaking nutrition education program that connects families with food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty meals on a limited budget. These courses go beyond telling people about nutrition to engage participants in hands-on, chef-led instruction to help children and adults understand how to make nutritious choices in their lives.
Operation Frontline: How It Works
Operation Frontline is designed to help low-income families make the most of their food budgets, offering programs for adults and kids.
Operation Frontline helps families with limited resources learn how to make healthy meals at home using a wide variety of foods that are commonly available in stores and from emergency food providers, such as food banks and supporting agencies.
Operation Frontline courses promote making the healthiest food choices possible – whether it is fresh, frozen or canned – even with limited resources.
Instructors teach lifelong cooking skills, practical nutrition information and food budgeting strategies. In the adult classes, participants go the grocery store and learn how to extend $10 in groceries to feed their families.
Courses include information on available federal, state and local assistance programs.
Impact of Partnership
With the ConAgra Foods Foundation grants, Operation Frontline has nearly doubled its reach.
Some of the results from the first year of our partnership include:
71 percent of adult graduates reported improvement in food budgeting practices
88 percent of adult graduates reported improvement in cooking, eating or food safety practices
72 percent of adults and teen participants report increased fruit or vegetable consumption
Learn more about Operation Frontline.
The Hunger Quiz
Test your knowledge. Find out how much you know about child hunger in America.
Hunger In America
Even though we may not see it, hunger lives in our classrooms, playgrounds, neighborhoods and our own backyards. It may affect our friends, our co-workers or children in our neighborhoods. Our interactive map shows where hunger lives in America.
Apply for a Grant
Want to apply for a grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation? Learn about the application process and the criteria the ConAgra Foods Foundation uses to evaluate grant applications here.
