Rachael Ray's Non-profit Organization Yum-o!

Launched in 2006, Revolution Foods delivers tasty and healthy meals and nutrition education to schools and youth programs across the San Francisco Bay Area. Expanding across the nation, this company believes that every child’s education should include healthy eating and learning about nutritious food.

Learn more about their programs and products.

Almost by accident, the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington founded Rotary First Harvest when they began encouraging backyard gardeners to plant extra produce to share with the hungry in 1982. That year, home gardners grew an extra 70,000 pounds of produce! Since then, Rotary First Harvest has gathered more than 100 million pounds of produce for food banks in Washington and other needy parts of the region, and acts as a conduit between farmers and the programs that serve hungry individuals and families throughout the state. In fact, the idea has been so successful that Rotary First Harvest has created a template for other regions to follow, inspiring chapters in the states of Florida and Oregon to follow suit.

Read more about this growing program!

The Sharing the Harvest YMCA Community Farm in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts is a collaborative effort between the YMCA Southcoast and the Hunger Commission of Southeastern Massachusetts. This volunteer-driven farm donates thousands of pounds of organically grown produce to local food pantries, while connecting students and community members to the food, the land and their communities.

Find out how this community farm is growing produce, and growing its community.

Growing up, Shawn DeMartino, of Yarmouthport, MA, struggled with being overweight. He reached his turning point at age 11, when he collapsed running the mile at his school's field day. Since then, he's taught himself to cook healthy meals and gotten active, participating in horseback riding and on his school's sports teams. He's now a fit, healthy teen who hopes to one day host his own cooking show.

Learn how Shawn turned his life around by learning how to cook and getting fit.

A program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the SmallStep Adult & Teen website, along with the SmallStep Kids website, is a terrific resource for learning how even small changes can add up to big results when it comes to getting active and eating healthy. The sites are filled with tips to integrate better eating and activity habits into a healthy lifestyle one small step at a time, along with free materials for teachers and links to local resources with possible funding opportunities.

Find out more about SmallStep!