The Dole Nutrition Institute (DNI) is a research and education foundation within the
Dole Food Company
Dole plc (previously named Dole Food Company, Standard Fruit Company) is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is among the world's largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating wit ...
and is based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, at the
North Carolina Research Campus
The North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) is a public-private research center in Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. The Campus was envisioned by David H. Murdock, owner of Dole Food Company and Castle and Cooke, Inc., as a center for imp ...
. The DNI was founded by
David H. Murdock
David Howard Murdock (born April 11, 1923) is an American billionaire businessman, plant-based diet advocate and philanthropist.
Early career
Murdock was born on April 11, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri. His father was a traveling salesman; his ...
in 2003. The institute exists as a resource offering educational publications on a
plant-based diet
A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. Plant-based diets encompass a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of plant products such as vegetables, fru ...
.
Activities
The Dole Nutrition Institute offers self-produced health and nutrition segments.
[Governor Schwarzenegger Honors Dole Nutrition Institute's ''School Salad Days'' Program to Fight Obesity in California Public Schools Business Wire, Sept 15, 2005 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Sept_15/ai_n15392458]
Newsletter
In 2008, the Web Marketing Association (WMA) awarded Dole Nutrition News (DNN) their International Advertising Competition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Internet Advertising - Best Food Industry On-line Newsletter Award.
Corporate Wellness Toolkit
The Corporate Wellness Toolkit teaches businesses how to promote healthy eating and exercise. The kit includes signage, newsletters, videos, and instructional materials which encourage businesses to provide weight loss seminars, trainers, and healthier foods for their employees.
[Dole offers HR success to others. San Fernando Valley Business Journal http://www.enotes.com/san-fernando-valley-business-journal-journals/174597440]
School Salad Days
The School Salad Days program was designed to encourage healthy eating habits and promote daily fruit and vegetable consumption in California public schools. The pilot program was launched in 2006 with the donation of fifty full-service portable salad bars to public schools in California. DNI gave these schools nutrition information, worked with schools to develop fruit baskets to be sold as fund-raising alternatives, and helped schools plant on-site "edible gardens".
Children's Hunger Fund
In 2007, Dole Nutrition Institute donated nearly 250,000 nutrition-focused publications to the
Children's Hunger Fund
Children's Hunger Fund (CHF) is a Christian non-profit organization that resources and empowers local churches in the United States and around the world to meet the needs of their impoverished community members. CHF's mission is to "deliver hope ...
(CHF), an international non-profit organization. CHF is now including these materials in their Food Paks, 20 lb. boxes of staple foods, which are delivered to the homes of needy families. The donation included DNI's "Health & Wellness" brochure series and "What You Need to Eat Every Day & Why" in English and Spanish. For the children, "Dole's 5-A-Day the Color Way" coloring books and bookmarks help kids focus on their own nutrition and to make good food choices in the future.
[Childrens Hunger Fund and Dole Work to Distribute Nutrition Education Materials CSRWIRE Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire http://www.csrwire.com/News/9700.html]
See also
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Nutrition
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...
References
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Dole plc
Nutrition organizations
Organizations based in North Carolina