Chef David Stample

It is rare to meet someone as selfless and dedicated to helping others as Chef David Stample. It is even harder to believe how much he has accomplished at just 25 years of age. As Culinary Director of CREaM (Culinary-Related Entertainment and Marketing), Stample was responsible for coordinating and ensuring the success of three of […]

The Story of 16 Million Hungry Kids, as Told By One

(Washington, DC) — One in five children in the U.S. struggles with hunger. To illustrate the problem of childhood hunger beyond the staggering statistics, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® campaign today premiered "The Story of Hungry," a short, animated film depicting the destructive forces of hunger, on the Rachael Ray show. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the film demonstrates the fear and pain hunger causes – and how something as simple rethinking how school meals are served can change a child’s day, week and even his or her future.

The Conscious Kitchen and The Good Earth School Lunch Program

Based in Marin County, California, The Good Earth grocery store has become an integral part of schools throughout the county through its Good Earth School Lunch Program. The program serves over 4,000 students and teachers each week across fourteen schools, bringing healthy, organic and highly nutritious foods into the schools. The program is based on […]

Chicago Public Schools’ Pathways to Excellence in School Nutrition

In 2012-2013, two key advisory groups, one comprised of citywide stakeholders – including Yum-o! Director Andrew Kaplan – and one comprised of parents from across the district, met in collaboration with the Healthy Schools Campaign to provide input to Chicago Public Schools’ school food program. Their work focused on strategies for improving the healthfulness and […]

The Kids Cook Monday

The Kids Cook Monday initiative encourages families to set aside the first night of every week for cooking and eating together as a family. The campaign’s website provides examples of family-friendly recipes and video demonstrations and kitchen tasks divided by age group along with toolkits for families and educators – making it easy for families […]

Lunch Box 101

Heads up, kids! With school in full swing, it’s extra important to pack nutritious and delicious lunches that will keep you going all day long. So with that in mind, we’re starting to add lunch box tips and all new recipes from our friend J.M. Hirsch to the Yum-o! website! As food editor for The Associated Press, dad and author of the new book, Beating the Lunch Box Blues, J.M Hirsch knows what it takes to pack a terrific lunch. Check out his first recipe on the Yum-o! website, Pizza Sushi, and don’t miss more lunch box faves from Rach, along with more lunch box basics (coming soon!).

(Photo credit: Matthew Mead)

Feeding America Receives $160,000 Donation from Rachael Ray’s Yum-o! Organization to Support National Produce and Backpack Programs

(Chicago, IL) — Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization, today announced that television personality and bestselling author, Rachael Ray, has donated $160,000 to support the National Produce Program and the BackPack Program through her Yum-o! organization, which is a long-standing supporter of Feeding America and hunger-relief.

Family Cook Productions

FamilyCook Productions is a notprofit organization founded in 1995 that supports communities with culinary/nutrition education programs in a holistic approach to developing healthy family meals. The organization’s mission is to bring people of all ages together around delicious, affordable and fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being. FamilyCook Productions offers schools, community-based groups, […]

Veggiecation

The Veggiecation© Program is a culinary-nutrition education program that introduces children to the delicious and nutritious world of vegetables by incorporating unique and kid-friendly vegetable preparations into fun activities and hands-on experiences. The mission of Veggiecation is to promote and educate communities about the health benefits of vegetables and how to prepare them in simple, […]

Children’s Hunger Alliance

More than 25% of Ohio households with children reported there was a time in the last year when they were unable to buy enough food. As a result, about 750,000 children in Ohio may not know where their next meal is coming from. Children in food insecure households face elevated risks that negatively impact them […]