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The Greens want to give the Hesse consumer advice center more funding and continue the state's nutrition strategy. Taking discarded food from bins, known as dumpster diving, should no longer be a crime.

The consumer advice center in Hesse should get more money. People in rural areas should get advice too. Some people take thrown-away food from store bins. The Greens want this to no longer be punished.

A statewide plan for outreach consumer advice is to be developed for rural areas. Under the nutrition strategy, food education in daycare centers and with childminders, marketing of regional and organic food, and healthy meals in large kitchens are to be expanded. Food policy councils are to receive funding. Municipalities would get more staff for food safety inspections.

The Greens want equal living conditions in rural areas and plan to continue the state's rural action plan permanently. Plans include faster broadband and mobile coverage, local shops, cultural funding, and livelier village centers.

Half of the people in Hesse live in the countryside. Life there should be as good as in cities. The Greens want fast internet and shops nearby. Village centers and country inns should be kept alive.

Model regions for areas such as sustainable tourism and social services are to be designated, and funding for LEADER regions (an EU rural development program) is to rise. In addition to Darmstadt, a rural digital model region is planned. Village programs should revive town centers, curb paving over land on the outskirts, and support turning former farms into housing. The program against the closure of rural inns is to continue and expand, as is cultural funding for community arts, music clubs, and choirs. Counseling for young queer people and democracy programs are to be expanded in rural areas, and emergency and disaster services should be able to work reliably there.

The Greens want to keep supporting sports clubs and volunteers in sports and ease their burden. Every child should be able to do sports close to home and learn to swim. To that end, swimming pools are to be preserved and sports facilities renovated in line with climate goals.

The Greens want to support sports clubs. Every child should be able to do sports nearby. Every child should be able to learn to swim. Swimming pools should be kept open. Children in sports should be protected from violence.

Open, easy-access activity programs and programs in rural areas are to be funded. Funding is also to reach lifeguard stations in the future, and multi-generation exercise spaces in neighborhoods are to be created. Programs should address different age groups, women and girls, refugees and queer people. In elite sports, regional talent centers and cooperation between schools and clubs are to be strengthened. To counter physical, psychological and sexualized violence in sports, the 'Kindeswohl im Sport' (child welfare in sports) program is to be developed further.