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School Market Program
This program is a hands-on learning curriculum that teaches students to improve their diets, develop employment and entrepreneurial skills, and educate themselves about issues that affect their health and the health of their communities.

Farmers’ Market Program
At the farmers' markets, our staff uses interactive displays as well as informal educational opportunities that often happen around small group and individual discussions.

 

 

Nutrition Education

Teaching the importance of good nutrition

RECENT NEWS

HYPE 2011 Youth Leadership Conference



The Food Trust hosted the Youth for Healthy Change Leadership Summit in October 2011 in partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health as part of the City’s Get Healthy Philly initiative. Nearly 1,000 students in grades 6-12 participated in leadership development activities and created plans for how they can encourage healthy eating and physical activity at their schools. Over 170 schools across the district are participating in the Philadelphia Campaign for Healthier Schools and championing healthy initiatives such as healthy fundraisers, socialized recess, movement breaks, no junk food policies, non-food rewards in the classroom and walking clubs.

Learn more: Watch the full HYPE video

 

The Issue

The Food Trust partners with schools and after-school programs in the Philadelphia, Norristown and Reading regions to teach more than 65,000 children and their parents about healthy eating.

Learn more: An Afternoon of Healthy Changes (YouTube)

 

The Food Trust Solution

Our team of nutrition educators focuses on teaching the importance of good nutrition and physical activity, introducing children to fresh, nutritious food, connecting students and teachers to area farms, and educating parents aout developing healthy eating habits at home. A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that this comprehensive approach to nutrition education reduced the incidence of childhood overweight by 50 percent.

Learn more: The Food Trust's Comprehensive School Nutrition Policy Initiative

The Food Trust's School Market Program

The Food Trust's Kindergarten Initiative

 

The Food Trust’s nutrition education work is funded by PENNSYLVANIA NUTRITION EDUCATION TRACKS, a part of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). To find out how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can help you buy healthy foods, contact the PA Department of Public Welfare's toll-free helpline at 800-692-7462 or 215-430-0556. In Philadelphia, The Food Trust’s work is subcontracted through the School District of Philadelphia’s Eat.Right.Now. program.