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Resources Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Annual Message Healthy Schools Toolkit Kindergarten Initiative Toolkit Kindergarten Initiative 2006 Evaluation Report Food Matters Fall 2006 Healthy Recipe Cards Farmers' market schedule 2007 » View all related resources

Related Programs: 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.

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Nutrition Education

The Food Trust provides fun and interactive
nutrition education programs to over 50,000
students in the Philadelphia, Reading, and
Norristown school districts.  The Food Trust’s
team of educators teach nutrition lessons in
over 90 schools and 33 recreation centers.

Specific components of The Food Trust’s
nutrition education work in schools and
recreation centers includes:

• Lessons in classrooms
• School-wide taste tests of nutritious
  foods
• Providing teachers with trainings
  and educational materials
• Outreach to parents
• School Market Program
• Kindergarten Initiative

The Food Trust’s nutrition education
work is funded by PENNSYLVANIA
NUTRITION EDUCATION TRACKS, a part
of USDA's Food Stamp Program. To find
out how the Food Stamp Program can
help you buy healthy foods, contact the
PA Department of Public Welfare's toll-free helpline at 800-692-7462 or 215-430-0554. In Philadelphia, The Food Trust’s work is subcontracted through the School District of Philadelphia’s Eat.Right.Now. program.