This page is dedicated to people and organizations who are making an effort to improve the way we eat. From small local changes to big nationwide crusades, these guys get the thumbs up in our book!
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YUM-O! empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking.
There are even veggies in the crust of this whole new way to make pizza!
Serves 4
Fresh roasted tomatoes and your favorite toppings give this Mexican-inspired tomato soup tons of flavor and crunch. You can use vegetable broth to make this soup vegetarian.
Serves 4
This sweet and sassy Asian-flavored chicken stir fry with broccolini and rice is a great all-in-one meal.
Serves 4
Combine sensational summer tomatoes with mozzarella, onions and fresh herbs for this classic salad.
Serves 4
Spatulatta.com is a website where where kids teach kids through video recipes! How cool is that?! Spatulatta presents a fun and compelling website that is helping to foster a whole new generation of young cooks, not only by introducing cooking skills, but also through modeling behavior for using healthy, fresh, basic ingredients. What's different about this site is that the co-hosts are 11-year-old Isabella Gerasole and 8-year-old Olivia Gerasole, from Evanston, IL.
Start cooking with Isabella and Olivia today!
Added Value is a nonprofit organization that promotes the sustainable development of Red Hook, Brooklyn by nurturing a new generation of young leaders. This organization creates opportunities for the youth of South Brooklyn to expand their knowledge base, develop new skills and positively engage with their community through the operation of a socially responsible urban farming enterprise.
Learn more about this innovative community-based organization!
Are you looking for an entertaining and interactive way to teach your elementary schooler about food, nutrition and exercise? Nourish Interactive is a free resource for fun nutrition games for kids and interactive activities and nutrition tools for parents and children. Created by nutrition and health care professionals, this nutrition education website gives children the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices for a lifetime.
Connect with Nourish Interactive and learn more about their website!
Located in Buffalo, NY, PS 302: the Emerson School of Hospitality is a unique public high school learning environment that blends academics, culinary arts and food industry career training. In existence for over 50 years, it began as the brainchild of the late Peter Gust Economou, a world renowned hotelier and former President of the Board of Education. The first graduating class consisted of six students. Today, there are more than 400 students enrolled in the program!
Check out this innovative school!
New Jersey-based America's Grow-a-Row's mission is to help those in need through a volunteer effort of planting, picking and delivering fresh produce via a unique model that: heightens awareness of socio-economic issues, highlights the importance of local farms and inspires volunteers across many generations and skill sets. Inspired by the efforts of a single volunteer in 2004 and made possible with the support of Peaceful Valley Orchards, Grow-a-Row was formed in 2005 and has expanded into a volunteer network that generates nearly 150,000 pounds (and growing!) of produce to local food banks each year.
Learn more about how this organization connects kids and families to healthy food and nutrition education.
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