Summer 2010 call for proposals

A focus on teenagers

For its 6th call for projects, the Louis Bonduelle Foundation has passed a significant marker, receiving over a hundred project proposals. Given the quality of the applications, the Foundation has decided to devote its entire annual budget to the 22 initiatives selected. As a result, there will not be a call for proposals in winter 2010-2011.

This year saw a huge influx of projects from across the Atlantic: a lot of Canadian structures put forward very interesting and forward-looking proposals. There were also a lot of proposals for projects reaching out to teenagers and families (40% of the projects). Finally there was a rise in the number of projects concerning the dietary needs of pregnant women and newborn babies and an even sharper increase in initiatives aimed at senior citizens (as well as projects linking up different generations).

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Find out more about the projects supported

• Association Jardin de Cocagne de la Barboise – France (10): Creation of an ‘educational’ garden in parallel to a community reinsertion project to encourage people to learn about biodiversity, the concept of the ‘Jardin de Cocagne’ network of collective gardens and the joy of eating good food. Some of the events organised are specially designed for those with a disability.

• Union Régionale des Mutualités Françaises Alsace – France (67): Cooking workshops for students in Alsace, jointly led by a nutritionist and a chef. The aim is to increase their knowledge of the food groups of fruit and vegetables and starchy foods in particular.

• Collège Alain Savary – France (13): In this secondary school, the vegetable garden has become a meeting place for pupils of all ages and their teachers, and the starting point for various lessons. It has been integrated into the teaching of natural sciences, poetry, cookery, gardening and photography. Photographs and presentation of the project by the pupils

• Résidence Notre Dame des Campagnes – France (62): The residents of this retirement home are going to be able to roll up their sleeves and share their experience of gardening and cookery. With the vegetables that they have grown and picked in the communal vegetable garden, they will be invited to take part in competitions to find the best recipes and to meet and chat with younger generations during intergenerational lunches or dinners.

• Centre permanent d’initiatives pour l’environnement (CPIE) Bearn – France (64): After a walk in the woods or through the fields, the participants of this workshop are invited to cook up the fruits of the earth that they have found along the way. The idea is to re-discover the inseparable ties between Mother Nature and the food that appears on our plates.

• Fédération Familles Rurales des Ardennes – France (08): This federation offers a training course for people who work with children to teach them how to help youngsters to learn about a healthy and balanced diet, with an emphasis on seasonal fruit and vegetables.

• Foyer Jeunes Education Populaire – France (81): Finding out more about a balanced diet and the importance of preferring seasonal fruit and vegetables, or improving your cooking skills is possible at this leisure centre. The children learn to take a proactive and responsible attitude to their health, the environment and society in general.

• Go Healthy! Foundation – Hungary (Budapest): A training course on teaching the youngest age groups about a balanced diet is offered to the directors and teachers at nursery schools. After the theory sessions come the cookery lessons, the results of which are then enjoyed by the children.

• Association “La Fontaine de l’Ours” - France (04): Children on holiday camp who spend time at this establishment will have the pleasure of seeing how fruit and vegetables grow in a garden specially designed for them. The food grown is then used to prepare delicious organic meals for them to enjoy.

• Carquefou Town Hall – France (44): Illustration and nutrition go so well together. This year, during the Encounter of International Drawing Press in Carquefou, caricaturists will be able to get their teeth into the issue of healthy eating. Public awareness operations about the benefits of eating more vegetables will be organised throughout the town.

• HumanoPole ORCADES – France (86): Raising awareness amongst senior citizens and primary schoolchildren of the importance of responsible consumption and eating a balanced diet. Life stories are delightfully interlaced with the recipes thought up by these two generations.

• Institut Paul Bocuse - France (69) : A vegetable garden in the Paul Bocuse Institute

• Jeunes Pousses – Canada (Quebec): The “Jeunes Pousses” (‘Young Shoots’) caravan does the round of all the local festivals and community events to propose healthy and affordable food to families interested in an alternative to the type of food generally proposed at this type of event.  It also plans to propose ‘taste-awakening sessions’ for youngsters.

• Sercovie Inc. – Canada (Quebec): This home delivery service of meals to seniors aims to encourage its clientele to discover new culinary cultures through its ready-made meals or the articles published in its quarterly newsletter. Fruit and vegetables are given a starring role since they bring a multitude of benefits for the older sector of the population.

• “La Recette” food services - Canada (Québec): This Canadian ‘social grocery store’ proposes cookery lessons to its members to teach them to (re)discover food and training courses in healthy eating. There are also plans to launch a labelling system for the grocery store’s health products.

• Museum of Civilization – Canada (Quebec): A website presenting some of the works of an exhibition on the photo-portraits of Faith d’Aluisio and Peter Menzel, featuring families from 25 different countries posing surrounded by the food that they consume in the space of one week. The website also provides a section where the public can comment on the images and publish their own photos.

• Maison des Jeunes du Nord – Canada (Quebec): A cookery workshop proposed once a week, throughout the year, offering the young participants the opportunity to prepare and enjoy varied and healthy menus and snacks.

• Maison des Jeunes de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts – Canada (Quebec): To give young people the best possible grounding to start out in their adult lives, this youth association proposes cookery workshops to its members. The idea is to introduce the youngsters to the ingredients of a healthy diet, cooking techniques and recipes by specialists in these fields.

• La Corne d’abondance – Canada (Quebec): To inform primary schoolchildren of the importance of a balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables and to include them in a project spread over 3 years (cookery lessons, thinking up recipes, creating a calendar of the different seasonal products, etc.). The aim is that the children will share this knowledge with their friends and develop their analytical skills.  

• Maison des Jeunes de Marieville – Canada (Quebec): Cookery workshops for young teenagers to introduce them to healthy alternatives to the food that they generally eat. The healthy recipes chosen are very quick and easy to prepare to really encourage the youngsters to accept them.

• Corporation de développement communautaire de Côte-des-Neiges – Canada (Quebec): Health and the environment will be the main themes addressed in these cookery workshops offered to pupils of the schools in Côte-des-Neiges area.

• Maison des Jeunes par La Grand’Porte – Canada (Quebec): Parents and children are invited to come and take part in cookery lessons. The keywords are fun, conviviality and discovery in order to spark off an interest in vegetables.