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OUR FAVORITE FRUIT? PASSION. 💜
It's Employee Appreciation Day, and we could not be more excited to celebrate the passion, drive, and hard work that our Brighter Bites employees put into work every day! Through eight+ years of programming, expansion to seven cities, natural disasters, and a pandemic, our team continues to adapt and grow.
We currently have 72 employees from coast to coast!

Want to meet our team? 👋Come say "hi!" and learn more about our team members and their favorite fruit and vegetables here ➡️ https://brighterbites.org/our-team/

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Our program highlight this week is New York City! 🏙🗽🚕🍎
Did you know that we serve schools in three boroughs of NYC? Our NYC programming team works in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan!
This year, @brighterbitesnyc has partnered with @brooklynbookbodega to pair our produce boxes with free books for each participating family. Students were able to select 3 books to bring home from a generous selection provided by Brooklyn Book Bodega. 📚

Interested in learning more about how you can support this initiative? Message us to find out more about how we can feed bellies and minds together! 🥗📖🤝

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We are happy to announce our partnership with Mr Greens Produce in San Antonio as our produce box logistical partner for our Austin programming! Through the support of Mr Greens, we are able to serve about 2,400 families in the Austin area. This spring we have 147 distributions scheduled across 18 sites. That's 390,600 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables that will be distributed this spring semester! Thank you @mrgreensproduce for supporting the work that we do! 💚

“We are thankful to be working with Mr Greens who stepped in to partner with Brighter Bites at a critical time,” said Brighter Bites CEO Rich Dachman. “The Mr Greens team consistently shows their commitment to our mission by going above and beyond the scope of our agreement, and it is our hope that this partnership grows into a longstanding collaboration.”

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March is National Nutrition Month, so we are highlighting one of our favorite nutritious and delicious recipes!

Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables helps make sure you are getting all of the nutrients you need to be healthy! Fill your plate with color to ensure that your body is getting the various vitamins and minerals it needs to stay healthy. 🌈🍓🍊🍌🥦🍇

Since spring ("primavera" in Italian and Spanish) begins in a couple weeks why not try our delicious Pasta Primavera with our Homemade Pasta Sauce?! 🍝🌼

See the full recipes on our website!
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce ➡️ https://www.brighterbites.org/recipe/homemade-spaghetti-sauce/
Pasta Primavera ➡️ https://www.brighterbites.org/recipe/pasta-primavera/

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Another successful week of distributions across our cities this week! Here's a look at what our teams and volunteers have been up to. 👏📦🥬🌽🍅🥦🍌🥕
Despite the winter weather challenges, our teams are ready to serve! ☀️

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Today's #ThankfulThursday shout out goes to our wonderful volunteers at William Paca Elementary in @brighterbitesdc . 😀
SNOW matter what the weather, these volunteers have shown their passion, dedication, and excitement to serve our community. ❄️ Thank you for showing up each week to support our mission of creating communities of health through fresh food. 🍎 Each week, these amazing volunteer help serve our 140+ families at William Paca Elementary. Keep up the good work! THANK YOU!

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It’s official! 🎉
Brighter Bites has officially headed West and has its first distribution TODAY in California. We could not be more excited to partner with the Salinas community in sharing our love of fresh produce, nutrition education, and a fun food experience! 

The fertile fields of the Salinas Valley (also known as the “Salad Bowl of the World”) are home to numerous growers, and the headquarters of many Brighter Bites partners making it an ideal location for expansion to a seventh market. The Salinas area is known as the "produce capital" of the country and therefore is a natural fit for the organization to work even more closely with local growers, shippers, and organizations to continue the momentum of giving back to a community that has given so much. Brighter Bites looks forward to seizing on this opportunity to improve the health of the students and families in the Salinas area by providing nutrition education and access to free, fresh produce being grown so close (in fact- 30% of the world’s lettuce is grown in the Salinas Valley!). 🥬🍅🥑🥦

Brighter Bites’ launch in the region is made possible through the support of several key partners, including @riverfreshfarms, who is providing logistical support, and critical funding partners like the @walmart Foundation, @yourtaylorfarms @missionavocados, JV Smith Companies, and @churchbrothersfarms. Other donors, including those who are providing produce, include D’Arrigo, @dolepics @bragafreshfarms, Nunes Company, Inc., Muzzi Family Farms, and @veggiesmadeeasy .

For our first semester in Salinas, we are partnering with three school districts including Gonzales Unified School District, Greenfield Union School District, and Monterey County Head Start. Brighter Bites will continue to grow the program in the Salinas region into the summer and fall.

Follow along @brighterbitessalinas to see more of our programming in Salinas! We can't wait to share more our story and impact with you! 🙌

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Brighter Bites is honoring history this month and celebrating alongside our school communities. We love seeing what our school partners are doing within their communities to celebrate the significance of this month!
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Just a friendly reminder that it is National Carrot Cake Day! 🥕🍰
To celebrate, why not whip up a batch of our Carrot Cupcakes?

INGREDIENTS
• 1½ cups whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• ½ cup honey
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup unsalted light butter
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups shredded carrots (about 5 carrots)
• ¼ cup raisins
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts
• Cooking spray or paper liners

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl mix (preferably with an electric whisk or beaters) the applesauce, honey, butter, egg, sugar, and vanilla together. Then, add flour mixture until well combined. The batter will be fairly thick at this point. Finally, add the carrots, raisins, and walnuts, and stir until everything is well incorporated. Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray or insert paper liners. With a spoon evenly divide batter to muffin pan. Bake for 22 to 24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and muffins are beginning to turn golden brown on top.

See the full recipe here ➡️
https://brighterbites.org/recipe/carrot-cupcakes/

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