by John Leggio

Exciting news from CookShop for Adults: we’ve revamped our program!

Part of the Food Bank’s suite of nutrition and health education programs, CookShop for Adults now aims to serve parents and guardians of the children who participate in CookShop Classroom. The new-and-improved course helps prepare adults with the information and resources they need to take the lessons their children learn at school and continue them right at their own kitchen tables.

The program works like this: participants meet for in-school workshops that complement the kids’ lessons on nutrition, food production and cooking. During the workshops, the adults learn healthy recipes, as well as nutrition-related topics including portion control, added sugars, food storage, reading food labels and making food substitutions.

In this way, we train participants to become nutrition educators for their loved ones, and provide them with the information and materials they need to conduct in-home workshops for their families.

When adults and kids are both excited about nutritious food and its benefits, the whole family will make a stronger commitment to healthy choices.

The Food Bank plans to feature CookShop for Adults participants here on Bank on It to give you a first-hand take of the effect of our new model…so stay tuned!