Whole Kids Foundation Invests $1.5M To Grow 500 Edible Gardens for Schools and Nonprofits Serving More Than 300,000 Students

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced that 500 garden grants will be awarded to schools and nonprofit organizations to start or expand edible learning spaces. The $1.5 million investment will support more than 300,000 students by providing Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grants in 49 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and nine Canadian provinces. The program provides $3,000 grants to K-12 schools to support educational gardens on school grounds. Nonprofit recipients supporting children’s programming are funded to support edible learning spaces in non-school environments…

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Orgain Joins With Whole Kids Foundation To Improve Children’s Nutrition

Orgain, makers of high-quality, doctor-developed delicious clean nutrition products, is pleased to join Whole Foods Market in an effort to improve children’s nutrition as a core sponsor of Whole Kids Foundation’s Growing Healthy Kids Campaign through scanback donations. Orgain will contribute five percent of product sales – up to $50,000 – of their Kids Protein Organic Nutrition Shakes to support the Whole Kids Foundation work. The program will be in effect in August and September across all Whole Foods Market and Whole Foods Market 365 locations. 100 percent of donations…

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