United Fresh Start Foundation Awards $53,000 Through 2020 Community Innovation Grants Program

United Fresh Start Foundation is pleased to announce the eight recipients of its 2020 Community Innovation Grants Program. The program funds initiatives that aim to increase children’s access, selection, and consumption of fresh produce whether at home, on weekends, during the summer, while out to eat, or outside the traditional school day.

Michigan Schools Receive Salad Bars Courtesy of United Fresh Start Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Seventeen Michigan schools are receiving salad bars to increase fresh, healthy options courtesy of United Fresh Start Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The salad bars are part of the national Salad Bars to Schools initiative, which provides equipment and resources to increase children’s fruit and vegetable consumption.

Y-Pulse Leader to Address FreshStart Conference

Sharon Olson, Co-founder and Executive Director of Y-Pulse®, a food-focused youth marketing research firm dedicated to young consumer eating habits and trends, will present during the 2020 FreshStart Conference’s education workshops taking place Wednesday, January 15.

Urban School Food Alliance’s Katie Wilson to Keynote 2020 FreshStart Conference

Joining the United Fresh Start Foundation’s FreshStart Conference in January 2020 as keynote speaker, Katie will share insights into how the Alliance is working to provide more fresh fruits and vegetables to the 3.3 million students served every day, maximizing their food budget of over $ 755 million.

United Fresh Start Foundation Hosts 2020 FreshStart Conference

The FreshStart Conference will once again feature a silent and live auction benefiting the foundation, as well as a General Session and Workshops focused on how the fresh produce industry can increase children’s access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and find new business opportunities to serve kids and families.