Where Food Meets Health, Learning, and Community

This hands-on program is designed to help individuals, children, and families discover how simple, affordable meals can support better health outcomes—especially when navigating conditions like diabetes, obesity, hypertension, or even just the everyday challenges of feeding a family on a budget.

We’re excited to share a fresh new way we’re bringing health, wellness, and community together—one delicious meal at a time.

Meet the ACHS Food As Medicine Portable Teaching Kitchen (FMPTK)!

Through fun, engaging cooking lessons, participants learn to plan, prepare, and enjoy tasty meals in under 30 minutes—all while building lifelong skills and confidence in the kitchen. From one-on-one coaching to group demonstrations, we’re bringing this experience wherever it’s needed most—schools, community centers, medical practices, and more.

What Makes Our Teaching Kitchen Unique?

✔️  It’s Portable

Set up indoors or outdoors, anywhere in the community.

✔️ It’s Accessible

We focus on affordable ingredients and local resources like WIC, SNAP, CSFP, food pantries, and community gardens.

✔️  It’s Inclusive

Open to all community members, not just ACHS patients.

✔️ It’s Collaborative

We partner with schools, providers, and agencies to create customized learning experiences (think Baby & Me sessions, diabetes-friendly cooking, and more!).

✔️  It’s Joyful

Our motto is “Sharing Meals You Feel Good About” because we believe food is about connection as much as nutrition.

Let’s Work Together

We’re currently booking opportunities for spring and summer and would love to bring the FMPTK to your organization or event. If you’d like to learn more or explore how we can collaborate, just reply to this email—we’d be so happy to chat with you about this wonderful new opportunity. I have attached a photo of our portable kitchen, so you have a better idea of what our set up looks like.

Want to connect?

Would you like to schedule a visit, refer a patient, or collaborate with us? We’d love to hear from you email [email protected] to learn more.
Healthy Habits. Stronger Communities. One meal at a time.

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Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc.

ACHS, a non-profit Federally Qualified Community Health Center established in 1975, operates in five sites in Northern New Hampshire. They provide affordable and high-quality healthcare to over 10,000 patients in more than 26 towns, offering integrated health services to families, including Medical, and Behavioral health. ACHS serves everyone and does not deny services based on inability to pay. This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Services (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals. ACHS welcomes feedback from patients and can be contacted through their website or Facebook.

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ACHS Mission
To provide a network of comprehensive Primary Health Care and Support Services to individuals and families throughout the communities we serve.  In support of this mission, ACHS provides evidence-based, outcome-specific, systematic care that is: patient-centered, prevention focused, accessible and affordable to all.

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