I can get every kind of fried chicken there is...I can get every variety of cigarettes in those bodegas...If I wanted to drink, I could get every variety of malt liquor...I can get a semi-automatic in my neighborhood...I can get heroin in my neighborhood...I can get cocaine in my neighborhood.
But I can not get an organic tomato unless I grow it myself.
~ LaDonna Redmond, Food Justice Activist

We are passing on to our children a legacy of food-related illnesses and other health disparities that are a result of policies that make it easier for low quality food to be sold in our neighborhoods, mixed media messages about food and health, and our individual relationship with food. Let us reclaim our foodways by returning to a lifestyle that connects us to the land, to real food, and to each other.

Honeybee Wellness works with community based organizations to create programs that integrate health, nutrition, cooking, physical activity, and the environment.

Programs are offered April through November.

If you are an individual interested in similar programs, visit Melissa's Seasonal Wellness Club for upcoming workshops and events.

Community Food Education helps reconnect individuals to foodways - growing, buying, cooking, preserving, storing, and sharing food. Discover a whole foods approach to food and health through:

Cooking Demonstrations

Health & Nutrition Talks

GRUB Parties - Potlucks with a Purpose

Supermarket, Health Food & Farmer's Market Tours

Farm to Neighborhood Opportunities - learn how community supported agriculture, farmer's markets, community gardens and other models can bring fresh, healthy, and affordable food to your neighborhood

Movie Screenings - learn about food systems and people like you taking an active role to improve food in their communities

Length: an hour and 15 minutes to 4 hours for talks, demonstrations, and workshops

Investment: $105-250 based on workshop topic and length

Healthy people make healthy communities, and healthy habits need guidance and support. A community wellness program can be designed to address a specific health concern (e.g. asthma or or healthy weight loss), focus on a specific population (e.g., mothers or seniors) or promote health and wellness in general. Both offer an holistic approach to creating a healthy, balanced life.

Community Wellness Programs incorporate elements of Community Food Education, and may also include:

Community Wellness Days/Health Fairs

Group Health Coaching Programs

Community Walks

Community Yoga Classes (donation-based classes)

Investment: $250-2500 based on program length

About Honeybee Wellness

Honeybee Wellness* is a program of Hol-Life Industries, LLC an holistic lifestyle umbrella promoting lifestyles of health and sustainability through plant-based holistic living and sustainable food practices. Honeybee Wellness works with community based organizations to develop sustainable integrative wellness programs.
 

Melissa Danielle, Health Coach, Community Wellness Advocate and Kundalini Yoga Instructor, is a Graduate of Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She has been leading workshops and teaching yoga since 2005.

Melissa works with residents and community based organizations in Bedford-Stuyvesant and beyond to address issues of food security, health, and cooking through workshops, tours, newsletters, and other opportunities that empower communities to create lifestyles of health and sustainability. She specializes in seasonal, plant-based living with an emphasis on self-care and community-building around food and health.

Affiliations
Melissa is a core member of the Bed-Stuy Farm Share, a Delegate of the Bed-Stuy Food Council, neighborhood group of Brooklyn Food Coalition, a member of the Central Brooklyn Food & Fitness Taskforce, a member of Food Systems Network NYC, and a member of Growing Food & Justice for All Initiative.

*Melissa is Greek for Honeybee. Honeybees work together for the greater good of the hive, ensuring the safety and livelihood of the entire colony. When communities work together, greater health and healing is realized.

Contact Melissa

Melissa is based in New York and works primarily in North and Central Brooklyn, but is available for speaking engagements and workshops, anywhere.

877 334 WELL (9355)
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