As a public entity, the City of Greenville plans to address food insecurity. We strive to educate families about various ways to acquire healthy foods to promote a more healthy and active community overall.

The City of Greenville FoodCorps program encourages students to try new things. From tasting new foods to gardening, every student who participates in the FoodCorps program will be immersed in a hands-on experience that they will remember for a lifetime. Our program’s goal is to create a domino effect of change in our community: Students will learn about nutrition, gardening, and healthy lifestyle choices from the FoodCorps service member; the same students will go home and educate their families about what they learned; and ultimately, the students’ families adopt the lessons taught by the FoodCorps service member, thus increasing the occurrences of healthy lifestyle changes in the city of Greenville and surrounding areas.

In 2025-26 FoodCorps Mississippi Food Educators served in seven schools in Greenville Public School District and Western Line School District, reaching hundreds of students with hands-on experiences in gardening, nutrition, and food preparation.