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Description Cooks for Kids is a webinar series that highlights innovative school nutrition programs, healthy cusine, and cooking techniques. By providing novel and helpful nutrition instruction, Cooks for Kids inspires improvement in nutrition programs in schools, homes, and restaurants. The viewer learns about nutrition from chefs practicing diverse cuisines and food sustainability from farmers by following foods from seed to table and back to dirt through composting.
Goal / Mission Cook for Kids aims to improve nutrition at school, home, and restaurants by showcasing innovative school nutrition programs, healthful foods, and cooking techniques.
Results / Accomplishments There are four seasons of Cooks for Kids, each episode coming with supplementary materials, all of which are available for free online.
Categories Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight
Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education
Health / Children's Health
Organization(s) National Food Service Management Institute
Date of Implementation 2007
Location State: Mississippi
Primary Contact National Food Service Management Institute
The University of Mississippi
6 Jeanette Phillips Drive
P.O. Drawer 188
University, MS 38677-0188
(662) 915-7658
helpdesk@nfsmi.org
http://www.nfsmi.org/ResourceOverview.aspx?ID=347
Target Audience Children, Families
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