VEGGIE U
HHA is committed to partnering with our clients in community nutrition initiatives. We share the belief that diet can affect many illnesses that are now prevalent among children and adolescents, such as obesity, diabetes and learning difficulties. We partner with Veggie U to help educate children, specifically fourth-graders, on how food relates to health, learning, and the environment. The Veggie U curriculum, developed with top chefs, respected educators, nutritionists and physicians, provides students with hands-on experience in growing and learning about food and its impact on the environment.
Veggie U is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization that offers an Earth to Table™ science curriculum to fourth grade and special needs classrooms. Their goal is to place this exciting hands-on curriculum in all 93,000 fourth grade classrooms nationwide in an effort to decrease childhood disease, and increase youth awareness of healthy food options and the importance of sustainable agriculture. Veggie U is dedicated to the creation and distribution of curricula nationally, with a focus on making wise food choices, combating adolescent and juvenile disease, and attaining an understanding of sustainable agriculture.
