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.
Try this no-cook salad for supper, too! Young cooks can help mix all the ingredients together. You can get creative by adding a variety of shredded or chopped veggies – like carrots or celery – or other kinds of nuts or dried fruit, such as dried apricots.
Serves 4
You'll find the flavors of a Caesar salad in the garlicky pesto mixture that tops these chicken or turkey burgers served on toasted cheese rolls.
Serves 4
Gremolata-seasoned roasted meatballs add body to creamy "peasto" pasta. Prepared separately, the meatballs and "peasto" are great additions to a variety of recipes as well.
Serves 4
Now in its sixteenth year, Marathon Kids® is a free school and community-based fitness program for K-5th graders and their families that combines endurance-building running/walking, nutrition and schoolyard gardening programs to promote the development of a healthy and active lifestyle.
Find out how you can take part or initiate a Marathon Kids program in your community!
The Healthy Fare for Kids initiative is a Chicago-based grassroots project that encourages restaurants to offer healthier food for children on their menus. Launched in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago at the end of 2011, Healthy Fare for Kids now has more than 35 participating restaurants and is embarking on a citywide effort to recruit restaurants throughout the Chicagoland area.
Discover how restaurants are coming to the table when it comes to nutritious and delicious kids menu offerings!
The Cooking Room is an elementary school program whose goal is to promote food literacy to kindergarten through 5th grade students. Operating through a dedicated kitchen classroom at P.S. 3 in the West Village neighborhood in New York City, teachers and volunteer professional chefs and chef-instructors educate kids in grade-appropriate food lessons that incorporate science, math, reading and nutrition.
Learn more about The Cooking Room and how you can bring a similar program to your school!
Healthy Highway is an innovative, curriculum-based K-5 interactive learning program that integrates nutrition and exercise into core academic subjects by using fun and imaginative "traffic" metaphors, equipping school-age children with the tools, skills and beliefs they need to embrace healthy choices throughout life.
Learn how kids at your school, afterschool program or community program can start heading down the Healthy Highway!
The Garden of Eden is an organically grown food initiative whose mission is to spread awareness about the benefits of consuming organic, locally grown food through education, outreach and hands-on experience for Rutgers University students. Join the Garden of Eden's College Coalition and access information and resources for starting your own sustainable university farm!
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