Many of us have heard of the Mediterranean Diet, but do you know about the African Heritage Diet? For Black History Month, Vetri Community Partnership is sharing a bit more about this way of eating—and how it can benefit your...
It has been a very challenging time for the nonprofit community in Philadelphia and the country. Concerns, particularly about federal funding, and about ensuring that our organization has sustainable resources to continue to provide nutrition education through cooking in our...
We were on a podcast! In early January, we welcomed Trenae Nuri and Abby Fritz of City Cast Philly, Philadelphia’s hyper-local news podcast, to take a Community Cooking Class and learn all about what nourishing minds, bodies, and communities with...
My mom loves soup. Like, really loves soup. She would probably eat it every day – including on hot summer days – if she could. As a result, my brothers and I ate a lot of soup growing up. My mom was...
You may have recently seen this study, published in the Journal of Nutritional Science, that shows that Vetri Cooking Lab can change kids’ attitudes and behaviors towards nutritious foods. This was a huge win for Vetri Community Partnership and all...
Vetri Community Partnership hosted New York Times food reporter and bestselling cookbook author, Priya Krishna, at their Teaching Kitchen on October 20, 2024. As a part of Cookbooks and Convos, an event series hosted by Ellen Yin’s Sisterly Love Collective, the...
Every two weeks, 25 or so people gather in Vetri Community Partnership’s Teaching Kitchen to learn how to cook. People start trickling in at 5 pm, arriving from work, school, or home, and by 5:30, the kitchen is full. Everyone...
By: Maddy Booth, CEO This summer, I had the great honor and joy of participating in the Harvard Business School Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. For a full week alongside 164 people from 18 countries, we lived and breathed leadership...
A recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics came to the conclusion that fewer than a quarter of patients who had been hospitalized or been in a period of care for a cardiovascular-related incident...
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Chef Kurt Evans found his culinary spark cooking southern style dishes, alongside his grandmothers as a child. Since then, he’s gone on to hone his skills in some of Philadelphia’s most esteemed kitchens. In 2017,...
