ConAgra Foods Chef Volunteers for the First Lady’s “Chefs Move to Schools” Initiative
June 04 2010 - 9:16AM
Business Wire
Today, ConAgra Foods Sous Chef Evan Brockman joined hundreds of
other chefs from across the nation on the South Lawn of the White
House for the launch of Chefs Move to Schools. This nationwide
initiative, part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!
campaign, encourages chefs to work with schools to help ensure kids
get the nutritious food they need to live healthy, active
lives.
Chefs Move to Schools will leverage the momentum of Let’s Move!
to focus on the positive impact chefs can have on schools in their
communities. Led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program
will pair chefs with participating schools in their communities to
create healthy meals that meet the schools' dietary guidelines and
budgets, and to teach young people about nutrition and making
balanced, healthy choices.
“As a chef and a native of Omaha, the Chefs Move to Schools
initiative is a unique opportunity to give back to my community
while helping ensure children in our area have a healthier future,”
said Brockman. “By helping schools create healthier menus and
programs that give children the tools they need for lifelong
healthy habits, I believe chefs like me can make a real
difference.”
Prior to joining ConAgra Foods, Brockman worked at Vita, a
Denver, Colo., restaurant that specializes in creating dishes made
with seasonal ingredients. This experience combined with ConAgra
Foods’ work to reformulate kid-favorite foods to make them more
nutritious will enable him to better help an Omaha-area school
implement solutions that take into account the needs of the
school’s students and the school’s resources.
ConAgra Foods was a sponsor of an educational panel hosted by
Share Our Strength, the leading nonprofit organization ending
childhood hunger in America by surrounding kids with the nutritious
food they need to lead active, healthy lives. The panel is for
Chefs Move to Schools volunteers. Hosted in advance of the White
House event, Share Our Strength's educational panel, “Healthy
Schools, Healthy Kids: How Chefs Can Make a Difference,” focused on
providing the Chefs Move to Schools volunteers with information
about how to best work with schools and how other chefs have made
an impact in their local schools.
“Through our national sponsorship of Share Our Strength’s
Operation Frontline®, we’ve seen what a difference can be made when
families are given the tools and knowledge to plan nutritious meals
on a budget,” said Kori Reed, ConAgra Foods Foundation executive
director. “In many ways, schools are no different, working to feed
students nourishing meals and sticking to a tight budget while
doing so. Leveraging the expertise of the chef community, the Chefs
Move to Schools initiative can make a difference.”
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