Produce For Better Health Foundation: 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 few years, PBH is pleased to announce the 7 Store Tour Training Grant recipients for the collegiate spring 2016 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. 

These schools and their partnering grocers include:

* California State University, Fresno, Save Mart
* Medical City Dietetic Internship Program, Dallas, United Supermarkets
* Middle Tennessee State University, Kroger
* The University of Arizona, Fry’s Food Store
* The University of Southern California, Vons
* University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Vons, Trader Joe’s, and Sprouts
* Viterbo University, La Crosse, HyVee

“With the addition of these 7 grantees to the 21 previously awarded grantees, there will be more than 500 nutrition/dietetic students trained to conduct store tours,” says Elizabeth Pivonka, President and CEO of PBH. “In addition, more than 6000 consumers will have participated in the store tours: half as fellow college students and half as members of the community.”

Grants are limited to no more than $5,000 per internship program per semester. The submission deadline for the 2016 fall semester is April 29, 2016. Encourage your local university nutrition and dietetic program to contact PBH directly at storegrant@pbhfoundation.org for more information.

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Contact:
Kristen Stevens, COO, 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 is also a member and co-chair with Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) of 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