Starting this week, the United Fresh Start Foundation reports students in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District were offered tasting samples of kid-friendly broccoli as part of a culinary demo.
The program called Broc-Stars is a collaboration between Bayer, Nature's Reward and the United Fresh Start Foundation.
“This past summer we had the chance to participate in the produce industry’s foodservice conference, right here in our backyard, and that was a wonderful, eye-opening experience,” said Micha James, Nutrition Services Director at the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. “We are interested in local collaborations that can help our students enjoy fresh vegetables, as well as helping industry to understand how schools can be partners to expose children to fresh produce.”