First Pulling of the Carrots to Ring in VegOut! 2016 at MacGregor Elementary

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Recipe for Success Foundation Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education Showcase School, MacGregor Elementary, rang in VegOut! on March 1st by playing with dirt! Launching a new tradition in the school, they undertook the first ever Pulling of the Carrots!

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Children from all grade levels gathered around the garden to harvest fresh carrots and log in their first veggies for the month- carrots!

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We know that when children interact with their food and they’re more likely to eat it and we’re thrilled to say that all the kids loved their farm fresh veggies that they grew themselves!

How is your school celebrating VegOut!? Let us know and don’t forget t o register to win a grant from Chipotle to bring Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education to YOUR school!

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Mayor and Council Members Kick Off VegOut! at Houston City Hall

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Houston City Council Member Dav12768308_1146413012038368_2766709861255061502_o-3id W. Robinson helped us launch the VegOut! 2016 Challenge as city council members joined in the fun with their first veggie- carrots
At City Hall on Tuesday, March 1st, Mayor Sylvester Turner and Council Member Robinson presented Recipe for Success Foundation with a proclamation declaring the month of March as VegOut! with Recipe for Success Month. Council Member Robinson commended the foundation’s work inspiring Houstonians to eat healthy every day. “Recipe for Success is dedicated to improving the health of Houstonians by changing the way we understand, appreciate, and eat our food,” he noted before inviting his colleagues around the horseshoe to take the VegOut! Challenge.

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Gracie Cavnar, CEO of Recipe for Success, thanked the City for its support and announced that this year’s VegOut! participants can use the new smartphone app  to track their consumption of vegetables.
Join Council Member Robinson and his staff by taking the VegOut! Challenge this year. To participate, download the VegOut app on your smartphone, or visit www.vegoutwithrfs.org.12764689_1146413092038360_1164940072638856063_o-2