Healthy food voucher program a winner for University of Kentucky employees
The University of Kentucky (UK) is being honored for implementing a program that reduces UK employees’ cost of buying organic produce and encourages healthy eating. The school has just received an HR Innovation Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program that provides participants with vouchers toward shares of weekly produce from a participating local organic farm of their choice.
While produce is distributed during the May-through-September season, UK dietitian Vanessa Oliver shares recipes and tips — everything from what to do with large quantities of common crops like spinach, to how to use less commonly known produce like green garlic.