Cooking Demo Fun!
Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of working with our partners at the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) to demonstrate how easy it is to cook healthy!
Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of working with our partners at the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) to demonstrate how easy it is to cook healthy!
Welcome to Part 2 of our Jackson, MS school site vistits that took place at the end of August. In Part 1, we visited the schools and saw OWG in action in the classroom. Now we’re on to the cafeteria! (more…)
Back to school has been busy for The OrganWise Guys! In particular, we were so excited to see the great work that Jackson Public Schools (JPS) are doing to teach children about good nutrition and healthy living. (more…)
We are so thrilled to announce that The OrganWise Guys will be coming to more communities in Mississippi and Louisiana this school year!
In June, The Mississippi Food Network received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to work with children in schools, child care centers, grocery stores, churches, summer camps, and other community locations in these two states using The OrganWise Guys Model! This $1.2 million grant will be used to create programming to improve the health status of children in Jackson, Biloxi, the Mississippi Delta, and New Orleans, Louisiana. (more…)
Thanks to funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of the Healthier Options for People through Extension 2 (HOPE2), 46 Feeding America food bank agencies across the United States led nutrition education programming as part of their regular activities to address food insecurity. (more…)