Healthy Concessions

Healthy Food Options at Lassen Volcanic National Park

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Spending time in the outdoors sure can make you hungry! Whether it’s time for a snack break or a full meal, the National Park Service ensures that healthy foods are available to all park visitors to enjoy.

Concessioners fill a vital role in helping the National Park Service carry out its mission for park visitors to have happy and healthy experiences in parks. Healthy food concessions in parks helps visitors choose healthy foods to fuel their adventures.

To encourage visitors to make healthy choices, the National Park Service incorporates food standards and sustainable food choice guidelines into all food service contracts.

Who can benefit from healthy concessions in our parks?

People of all ages and abilities can benefit from parks. This is especially true for populations who use parks infrequently including:

• minorities

• low-income populations

• people with disabilities

Other priority populations who can benefit include:

• youths

• seniors

• active military and veterans

The National Park Service has identified healthy concessions as a Healthy Parks Healthy People promising practice. Healthy Parks Healthy People promising practices are science-informed programs and policies in parks that can help people lead happier, healthier, more productive lives.