GRANT: Love Your Veggies!

[Ryan Goble]

Love Your Veggies grant: The Love Your Veggies grant program, created by the makers of Hidden Valley salad dressings, requests applications to help schools execute innovative programs that will increase the access to, and consumption of, fresh fruits and vegetables in the lunchroom. Schools serving students in grades K–6 that have an approved local wellness policy in place as of July 1, 2006, can apply for a $10,000 grant. Funding must be spent on any of the following: fresh produce; a vegetable station; kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to proposed program); program staffing; nutrition education supplies (School Nutrition Association [www.schoolnutrition.org] preferred); and food safety training. DEADLINE: Nov. 6. CONTACT: www.loveyourveggies.com.