This excel-based tool was developed to simplify calculation of suitable menus of affordable, local foods for Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth programming. This tool is intended for use by staff who are overseeing the volunteers that implement the PD/Hearth sessions. After identifying local foods which are available and affordable to the poorest community members and foods consumed by positive deviant children, staff members calculate 2 to 4 menus for each community. After using this tool to calculate the menus, the staff members will meet with volunteers to convert the measurements to common household measures and to determine the amount of raw foods needed in household measures to yield the cooked amounts in the menu calculations. Volunteers and other community members should validate the affordability of the menus. They should fully understand the relative nutrient value of the foods included in the menus, i.e. that carrots are an excellent source of Vitamin A, while cucumbers are not.

Download below or access from this link: Positive Deviance Hearth Menu Calculation Tool