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For more information, contact Mary Coppola, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, at 202.303.3425.
6/4/20 School Foodservice Forum to Take Place During United Fresh LIVE!
5/6/20 United Fresh Applauds Introduction of Bill to Increase Fruits and Vegetables in WIC
5/1/20 United Fresh Names 2020 K-12 School Foodservice Award Winner
4/16/20 School Nutrition Association and United Fresh Produce Association Partner to Assist Schools with Produce Needs
4/14/20 United Fresh Start Foundation Awards $25,000 Through COVID-19 Donation Program to Help Kids and Families
4/6/20 United Fresh Start Foundation Starts COVID-19 Donation Program to Help Kids and Families
1/21/20 United Fresh Start Foundation Awards $53,000 Through 2020 Community Innovation Grants Program
8/23/19 United Fresh Start Foundation Hosts FreshStart Conference
10/24/18 United Fresh Start Foundation Names FreshStart 2019 Advisory Committee
10/10/18 United Fresh To Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Ron Carkoski
9/18/18 United Fresh Start Foundation Hosts FreshStart 2019
6/27/18 United Fresh Start Foundation Launches Fundraising Campaign 
6/26/18 United Fresh Start Foundation Awards $50,000 Through 2018 Community Grants Program 
2/28/18 United Fresh Start Foundation Community Grants Program Application Period Now Open
1/23/18 Produce Industry Raises $100K For Kids
11/6/17 United Fresh To Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Hugh Topper
10/30/17 United Fresh Winter Meeting to Transition to Fresh Start Foundation Annual Conference
10/17/17 United Fresh Start Foundation Provides Grants to Ten More Communities
10/11/17 Salad Bars Provided to More Than 5,000 Schools
8/16/17 United Fresh Appoints Senior Director of Health and Wellness
6/20/17 United Fresh Start Foundation Announces Community Grant Recipients
6/15/17 Innovation Award Winners Announced at United Fresh 2017
5/17/17 United Fresh Start Foundation to Host 2017 Tip Murphy Legacy Golf Tournament
3/24/17 Public-Private Partnership Helps Launch Salad Bars in Fort Worth Schools
3/3/17 United Fresh Start Foundation Helps Jump-Start Salad Bars for Alexandria City Public Schools
1/11/17 United Fresh Start Foundation Launches Community Grants Program To Increase Children’s Access To Fresh Produce
1/5/17 Statement of Tom Stenzel on NASEM’s Review of WIC Food Packages
12/15/16 United Fresh Start Foundation Donates Salad Bars to 7 East Chicago, IN Schools
12/8/16 United Fresh Start Foundation Connects Salad Bar Donors to Sacramento-area Schools
11/10/16 United Fresh to Honor Bruce McEvoy with Lifetime Achievement Award
10/6/16 Two Flint, MI Student Join the Obamas for White House Garden Harvest
9/30/16 United Fresh Start Foundation and Chicago Supporters Tour Schools
9/26/16 More than $30,000 Raised to Support Salad Bars for Schools and Foundation Programs
9/21/16 Bayer Invests $20,000 in the United Fresh Start Foundation
5/24/16 United Fresh Start Foundation Joins Urban School Food Alliance & French Dignitaries to Celebrate “Fresh Attitude Week”
5/19/16 Stenzel Makes Statement on the House Child Nutrition Reauthorization
4/22/16 United Fresh Start Foundation to Host Tip Murphy Legacy Golf Tournament
4/20/16 School Foodservice Program at United Fresh 2016 to Connect Product Industry with School Nutrition Leaders
4/1/16 United Fresh Recommends Increasing Fruits and Vegetables in WIC
3/17/16 Tops Markets and United Fresh Start Foundation Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Donating Salad Bars to Buffalo Public Schools
3/15/16 United Fresh Start Foundation Joins Silicon Valley Leaders at 3rd Annual 5K Run to Support Salad Bars for California Schools
3/3/16 Potato Industry Teams with United Fresh Start Foundation to Move Salad Bars to Schools
1/19/16 Stenzel Makes Statement on Senate Agriculture Committee’s Child Nutrition Bill