Vetri Community Partnership

09/03/2026

Cooking for Heart Health is open for registrations for the four-part cooking and nutrition education series that starts on October 1. Every Thursday evening from October 1 to October 22, you can learn how to cook to improve your cardiovascular health. Are you ready to make sustainable changes for your health? Join us!

Each class will focus on an important nutritional lesson to empower participants to make nutritious choices, all while you cook a recipe with other community members.

💚 Please be advised that this is a series and participants should only register if able to commit to all four classes. Register at the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/ythksv8r

09/02/2026

On October 2 and November 6, Vetri Community Partnership is partnering with MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research - MCNER at Villanova University for a two-part culinary medicine series designed for dietitians and nutrition professionals!

When: October 2 + November 6 (10 am - 1 pm)
Where: Teaching Kitchen (915 Spring Garden St suite 103, Philadelphia PA 19123)

Together, we’ll explore women’s health and perimenopause and healthy aging, combining evidence-based nutrition education with hands-on cooking in the Teaching Kitchen. Each session includes 3 CPEUs, practical counseling strategies, and recipes and tools to bring back to your practice.

Come learn, cook, connect, and discover new ways to bring culinary medicine into your work. 💚 Learn more here: www.villanova.edu/university/nursing/faculty-and-research/centers/nutrition-education-research/events/culinary-medicine.html

08/31/2026

Vetri Community Partnership mentioned! Thank you Philadelphia Philadelphia Magazine for recognizing all the amazing work our Culinary Medicine program is doing in cooking and nutrition education.

How Philadelphia’s top medical schools are turning future physicians into culinary experts to chip away at chronic disease.

08/28/2026

Tomato lovers, this one’s for you. 🍅 Lacey, Senior Program Manager of Culinary Classroom, is sharing her favorite way to store tomatoes—and yes, the counter is the place to be, not the fridge!

Want more ways to enjoy tomato season? Read Lacey’s blog for her favorite VCP tomato recipes here: vetricommunity.org/news/tomato-season-101-how-to-store-prepare-and-enjoy-fresh-tomatoes

08/25/2026

What happens when 17 food leaders spend six days together in Aspen? A lot of big conversations, new ideas, plenty of laughter, and a few bear sightings!

VCP CEO Maddy Booth recently spent a week with her fellow Aspen Institute Food Leaders Fellows, exploring food systems, leadership, community, and what it takes to create meaningful change.

Read Maddy’s reflections on the experience here: vetricommunity.org/news/17-strangers-six-days-and-a-shared-table-reflections-from-the-aspen-institute-food-leaders-fellowship

08/24/2026

This is your sign to eat more tomatoes! 🍅😋

Grab our Shakshuka recipe here: vetricommunity.org/recipes/shakshuka

08/21/2026

With school starting back up again next week, students across Philly will be returning to their classrooms...and to their kitchen classrooms, too! Vetri Cooking Lab and Culinary Classroom are teaching kids how to cook nutritious and delicious recipes at their schools and community centers.

🍅 Can you make a donation to help support these classroom cooking classes for kids? secure.everyaction.com/V4VhD2rfqU6IfskZGeGqKQ2

08/20/2026

Did you know that Vetri Community Partnership offers cooking classes after school?

Vetri Cooking Lab is coming back this fall for another year of delicious and nutritious learning. Not only are kids engaged in a fun activity after school, but they're learning things that they can do at home with their families!

A Vetri Cooking Lab parent shared how their daughter cooked a meal at home. "She cooked everything from start to finish, and I felt so proud watching her cook at home," they said.

With the new school year around the corner, will you donate to help support afterschool cooking and nutrition education programs? Link below:

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08/19/2026

Last summer, funding for SNAP-Ed nutrition education programs was eliminated, forcing organizations to make painful cuts to programming and personnel. SNAP-Ed, as we have known it, is over.

But Vetri Community Partnership is committed to our mission to nourish minds, bodies, and communities with nutrition education through cooking. 💚

This fall, Vetri Community Partnership is launching Culinary Classroom, our new(ish) nutrition education program, in six Philadelphia schools. This year, we’ll provide more than 12,000 nutrition education experiences to students during the school day.

Will you make a contribution today to help sustain nutrition education for kids in schools? Link below.

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08/18/2026

With the new school year around the corner, students will begin learning skills and trying new foods again because of supporters like you!

Last spring, at the start of the semester, Luca shared that he wanted to learn different styles of cooking. By the end of the series, he had learned an advanced French knife trick and used it to supreme an orange.

Kelani wanted to learn knife skills, and Troi wanted to try new foods. By the end of the semester, Kelani had diced an onion and bell peppers all by herself, and Troi had tried Moroccan Couscous, among many other dishes.

💚 Will you make a donation to help kids reach their goals and build kitchen confidence? Make a gift today: secure.everyaction.com/V4VhD2rfqU6IfskZGeGqKQ2