The Cookbook Project( CBP) is an international 501( c)( 3) non-profit organization based in the USA that uses food culture and cooking to teach youth about the connection between nutrition, community health, and sustainable consumption.
CBP partners with youth organizations and hosts education workshops and coordinates Local Leader trainings to achieve our mission of reversing the global trend of chronic disease. In our first few years of operation we have lead over a dozen youth education workshops in 14 different countries including the USA and trained over 300 Local Leaders to implement our experimental curriculum in their own communities. By the end of this year CBP will have served over 4,000 at risk youth.
A Unique Model
The Cookbook Project directly empowers youth to learn about food culture and cooking through a unique experimental education model that puts participants at the center of the educational experience. Each participant creates a food culture recipe at the onset of the program. These recipes then become the catalyst for exploring nutrition, community health, cooking and sustainability. CBP integrates active educational initiatives to engage youth in exploring these concepts experientially. Each project culminates in a Food Culture Celebration where youth work in groups and prepare a healthy celebratory meal to share with their community.
Training the Future
The Local Leaders Program, On-site and Online Currently, The Cookbook Project disseminates our unique model through The Local Leaders Program, which is offered online and on-site.
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