PBH – Helping To Train Tomorrow's Dietitians

Hockessin, Del. – In support of Produce for Better Health Foundation’s long-standing support of supermarkets, coupled with the close work PBH has done with supermarket dietitians over the last several years, PBH is pleased to announce the 6 Store Tour Training Grant recipients for the collegiate spring 2017 semester. The grant funding is used to encourage enhanced collaboration between grocers and university nutrition and dietetic programs with a specific emphasis on training nutrition and dietetic students to deliver grocery store tours about fruit and vegetables.

The following schools represent 113 nutrition/dietetic students trained, giving tours to nearly 900 community members and 700 fellow college students.  The recipients and their partnering grocers include:

• Central Michigan University, MI, Meijer
• Delta State University, MS, Kroger
• Sam Houston State University, TX, HEB
• St. Catherine University, MN, HyVee
• University of Alabama, AL, Publix and Piggly Wiggly of Alabama
• University of Wisconsin, WI, Pick N’ Save

“With the addition of these 6 grantees, a total of 44 nutrition/dietetic programs and more than 900 nutrition/dietetic students have been trained to conduct store tours since the inception of the program in fall of 2014,” says Elizabeth Pivonka, CEO of PBH. “In addition, about half of the programs have continued the store tour training in subsequent semesters.  They have collectively given tours to nearly 8,000 consumers, more than half of whom are fellow college students.”

Grants are limited to no more than $5,000 per internship program per semester. The submission deadline for the 2017 fall semester is April 1, 2017. Encourage your local university nutrition and dietetic program to contact PBH directly at storegrant@pbhfoundation.org for more information.

Kristen Stevens, Acting President, Produce for Better Health Foundation – kstevens@pbhfoundation.org or 302.235.2329, x312

About Produce for Better Health Foundation

Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) fruit and vegetable education foundation.  Since 1991, PBH works to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve public health.  PBH achieves success through industry and government collaboration, first with the 5 A Day program and now with the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters public health initiative.  Fruits & Veggies—More Matters is the nation’s largest public-private, fruit and vegetable nutrition education initiative. To learn more, visit www.PBHFoundation.org and www.FruitsandVeggiesMoreMatters.org. Follow Fruits & Veggies—More Matters on Facebook or Twitter.

PBH also chairs the National Fruit & Vegetable Alliance (NFVA), consisting of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry working to collaboratively and synergistically achieve increased nationwide access and demand for all forms of fruits and vegetables for improved public health.  To learn more, visit www.NFVA.org.

Source: Produce for Better Health Foundation