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FresGen Kids
06:06 PM Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
“I think that society is starting to realize that what you put in your mouth really does shape your future,” Keely Crawford said. “And it comes down to better choices on a regular basis.”
Crawford is always on the lookout for nutritious foods. She wants to make sure her two children, Kyndle and Koen, grow up understanding what food is good for you and what's not.
“It's given me time in the morning to cook a good breakfast,” Crawford said. “I don't have to make a lunch at dinner the night before.”
Crawford isn't the only one watching what her kids eat. She's enlisted the help of a new program called FresGen Kids.
“We feed children all-natural and organic foods to provide stronger minds, healthier bodies for a better choice,” said FresGen Kids partner Renee Urso.
Urso said besides making organic meals, they also deliver it to your child's school.
“It's a solution for parents. That's the biggest thing,” Urso said. “It's a solution for parents because it's prepared, they know their child is going to eat something nutritious, and they're going to enjoy it.”
Chef David Sosna is one of the people behind the FresGen Kids menu. He makes everything from chicken quesadillas, to chicken hotdogs and let's not forget about all those fruits and veggies.
“‘People say, 'What is all natural?’ We make sure we get foods that don't have artificial colors, the yellows and blues you see in ingredients, artificial preservatives," Sosna said. "There's a lot of selection of food these days that you can get, natural preservatives that do not harm the body.”
But besides making healthy food, Sosna believes in presentating it to the kids in a very unique way.
“We're very careful to make sure that we put certain color foods in certain color-contrasting containers to make sure it kind of jumps up at you,” Sosna said.
“Studies show kids that eat a nutrient-dense diet like those in organic foods have been shown to have better concentration, stronger immune systems and more general vitality,” said Registered Dietitian Patti Milligan from Sprouts Farmers Market.
This falls along the same lines on why Rita Sippel, founder of San Tan Montessori in Gilbert, brought the FresGen Kids program into her school.
“It took a few children a few days to change, that process of change, and getting used to not having mommy and daddy's food from home,” Sippel said.
For more information, visit www.fresgenkids.com, or call 480-626-4377 .
So what do some of the students at San Tan Montessori think about eating healthy meals?
“We don't get sick,” Kyndle and Koen Crawford said.
“So you don't go to the hospital,” Kristofer Sippel said.
“If you eat sugar a lot, a lot of it, you can have a sugar meltdown,” Madison Wilson said.
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