Hockessin, Del. – In continuation of Produce for Better Health Foundation’s long-standing support of supermarkets, coupled with the close work PBH has done with supermarket dietitians over the last several years, PBH is pleased to announce 10 new Supermarket Tour Training Grant recipients for the collegiate fall 2015 semester. The grant funding is used to encourage enhanced collaboration between supermarkets and university nutrition and dietetic programs with a specific emphasis on training nutrition and dietetic students to deliver grocery store tours about fruit and vegetables.
These schools and their partnering grocers include:
* Drexel University, Fresh Grocer
* Lenoir-Rhyne University, Asheville, Ingles Markets
* Morrison/Chartwells Dietetic Internship Program, multiple grocers nationwide
* North Dakota State University, Family Fare and Hornbacher's
* University of Central Oklahoma, Homeland Stores
* University of Cincinnati, Kroger
* University of Illinois at Chicago, Mariano's
* University of North Florida, Earth Fare and Native Sun Natural Foods Market
* University of Pittsburgh, Giant Eagle
* University of Southern Mississippi, Winn Dixie and Kroger
“With the addition of these 10 grantees to the 11 previously awarded grantees, there will be more than 400 nutrition/dietetic students trained to conduct store tours,” says Elizabeth Pivonka, President and CEO of PBH. “In addition, more than 4000 consumers will have participated in the store tours: half as fellow college students and half as members of the community.”
The 2016 Request for Proposal was also recently released. This funding period will begin January 1 and August 1 to coincide with the collegiate fall and spring semesters. Grants again will be limited to no more than $5,000 per internship program per semester. The submission deadline for the spring 2016 semester is September 30, 2015, and April 29, 2016 for the fall 2016 semester. PBH is offering a minimum of $50,000 in total grant funding annually, split between the fall and spring semesters.
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About Produce for Better Health Foundation
Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) fruit and vegetable education foundation. Since 1991, PBH works to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve public health. PBH achieves success through industry and government collaboration, first with the 5 A Day program and now with the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters public health initiative. Fruits & Veggies—More Matters is the nation’s largest public-private, fruit and vegetable nutrition education initiative. To learn more, visit www.PBHFoundation.org and www.FruitsandVeggiesMoreMatters.org. Follow Fruits & Veggies—More Matters on Facebook or Twitter.
PBH is also a member and co-chair with Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) of the National Fruit & Vegetable Alliance (NFVA), consisting of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry working to collaboratively and synergistically achieve increased nationwide access and demand for all forms of fruits and vegetables for improved public health. To learn more, visit www.NFVA.org.
Source: Produce for Better Health Foundation