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fcp_kids "Watch Kids Eat Their Veggies with a Smile!" At FamilyCook Productions, we support the family with culinary/nutrition education programs because we know it takes a holistic approach to develop healthy family meals.

Mission To bring families together around delicious, fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being.
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PROGRAMS

Six Programs & Supporting Curricula
FamilyCook Productions offers schools, community-based groups, farmers markets, community gardens and others, an array of field-tested, evidence-based curricula that teach nutrition through cooking. Our programs are available through a license to your organization and require some training. These training sessions provide educators, para-professionals, and parents with the necessary skills to conduct our program successfully, make them available and sustainable over time.
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PROJECTS

For over 14 years, FamilyCook has been pioneering and embedding food education for a wide variety of clients and audiences around the U.S. Some of our most recent projects reflect this diversity of audiences and communities. Learn more

PARTNERS

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FamilyCook Productions partners with organizations across the country to provide healthy living and cooking programs to people of all ages.

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Watch FamilyCook in Action!

Our Teen Iron Chef program is gathering steam, and will be operating in over 70 schools in 11 states over the 2009-10 school year! Here are some clips where students both demonstrate and explain why this empowering program has become an impetus to both healthier food choices and youth leadership around food.

FamilyCook's Teen Iron Chef program 'graduates' have partnered with the CENYC Youthmarket program to provide youth-led nutrition and culinary education. Watch as Brooklyn youth describe their personal transformations in teaching others what they learned!

In Spring 2008, FamilyCook and Dr. Oz's HealthCorps co-produced the 1st Annual Teen Iron Chef Invitational at Urban Assembly School of Music & Art in Brooklyn. The UAMA Teen Iron Chefs facilitated the entire event as Masters of Ceremonies and cooking coaches for 22 student contestents from 11 schools. Watch the young chefs wow the judges!

The Connecticut Department of Public Health, with support from The Cancer Partnership, selected FamilyCook's "Look Who's Cooking" healthy eating curriculum as part of an multi-school obesity prevention effort over the 2008-09 school year. Managed by Community Health Center in Middletown, the project tested 4 innovative programs. Watch this sneak peak of our "Family Night," which engages parents to support the new food experiences their children enjoy through cooking at school.

Upcoming Events

June 12: Highway to Health Festival & Youth Forum

July 11: Meatopia

August: FamilyCookProgram Training (date TBD)

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What's New

NYC: 2nd Annual Teen Iron Chef Invitational

Teen Iron Chefs @HealthCorps Gala

PA: Faerie Festival @Spoutwood Farm

CT: The Dinner Party in Middle School

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Today's Poll

What are your powerful predictions for the "Good Food Movement" by 2020?

	Seasonal eating is the norm in restaurants, institutions and homes.
	Teens and service learning around food/cooking have become synonymous.
	Most “at risk” neighborhoods across the US have at least ing food security project underway, thanks to community gardens and other food micro businesses.
	Farm stands and CSA's are a common sight in schoolyards around the country

Research

Tackling childhood obesity with curricula interventions means tracking and measuring their effectiveness. Find out about our evidence-base building research results.

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What People Are Saying

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FamilyCook Productions

We bring families together around delicious, fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being. FamilyCook offers schools and community-based groups field-tested, evidence-based curricula for K-12 that teaches nutrition through cooking with farm-fresh ingredients. With the help of our partners, we embed these programs in schools and communities across the US.