To bring people of all ages together around delicious, affordable fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being.
Community members served per month
1000
Volunteers per month
3
Number of staff/employees
4
Year Started
1995
Major Funders
Ford Foundation, Levitt Foundation, American Dairy Association Dairy Council, HealthCorps, National Institutes of Health
Latest Projects
FamilyCook Productions' Kids Food Reboot encourages families as well as restaurants to adapt their menus to serve children fresh, healthy, and real food in place of overly processed, frozen, and unhealthy "kids food." It aims to expose children to a variety of unfamiliar whole foods in order to prepare them for a lifetime of healthy eating.
Interesting Fact
For everyone who graduates from the Teen Battle Chef program, they have a spillover effect of positively influencing the diet of, on average, 10 more people (mostly family and friends).
Areas Served
National
Core Programs
Nutritional culinary program professional development and curriculum for preschool - adult, one farmers market demo program curriculum as well.
Major Issues
Cooking Education/Skills, Food Justice, Food Literacy, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Healthy Food Access, Local Food, Nutrition Education (Children/Youth), Nutrition Education (Adult), Socioeconomic Health Disparities
