Healthy Eating with Local Produce
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| Location | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
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| Introduction | Healthy Eating with Local Produce (HELP) is a Farm to School program dedicated to bringing fresh local foods into schools and supporting local agriculture. We have developed relationships with area farmers to provide whole fresh foods to Maplewood Richmond Heights School District through the Salus Processing Center. HELP uses the processing center to turn food into items that can be stored for year-round use in the cafeteria. In Year One, there were four primary foods used for processing: apples, tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Some of our favorite processed items are tomatoes into marinara, sweet potatoes into sweet potato fries, and apples into applesauce. HELP works closely with school foodservice staff to create delicious healthy foods for students while educating them about the benefits of a more healthful diet. The HELP grant is designed to test if food processing and distribution can be fiscally sustainable for school districts. |
| Interests | food, healthy eating, nutrition education, supporting our local farmers |
| Favorite movies | Fresh, Food Inc. |