Healthy+Food+Programs

The Love Your Veggies Grant Program, sponsored by the makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings, supports elementary school programs across the country that increase student access to, and consumption of fresh, healthy foods. The initiative will award $15,000 grants to ten elementary schools in order to help them develop a program offering fresh produce, implemented as early as April 2009 and lasting through the 2009-2010 school year. Funds may be used for any of the following: the purchase of fresh produce, a vegetable station (such as a salad bar), kitchen equipment, program staffing, nutrition education supplies, or food safety training.