PBH expands Have A Plant influencer network – Produce Blue Book

February 15, 2022 – Because the Produce for Higher Well being Basis’s BB #:157162 award-winning Have A Plant Motion continues to develop, so too does its community of dedicated influencer volunteers.

The PBH Have A Plant Ambassadors are a singular community of specialists who repeatedly contribute content material to PBH’s digital ecosystem and span three distinct factors of affect: point-of-sale (retail); point-of-flavor (culinary & foodservice) and point-of-inspiration (life-style, vitamin & agriculture).

After a extremely aggressive choice course of with practically 200 plant-passionate candidates, the 2022-2023 class of Have A Plant Ambassadors was recognized based mostly on plenty of components together with their vital credibility, sturdy digital and social media attain, media-savvy smarts, endlessly compelling professional content material, and most significantly, their real ardour for selling fruit and veggies of their skilled work.

This 12 months’s group of practically 60 Ambassadors is PBH’s largest to-date, that includes retail registered dietitians, culinary and foodservice professionals, and life-style, vitamin & agriculture leaders. All Ambassadors are enlisted for a two-year time period and can collaborate with PBH to convey the Have A Plant Motion to life by inspiring Individuals with actionable, sensible and FUN steps to get pleasure from extra fruit and veggies.

“Our priceless community of all-star Ambassadors leads with expertise, style and taste to make sure the Have A Plant Motion continues to have a robust influence with customers,” stated Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, president & CEO of PBH.

“As this group of Ambassadors continues to develop, I’m assured that we can unfold the Have A Plant love far and extensive. No different group is dedicated to constructing and nurturing a various neighborhood of enthusiastic specialists who authentically and credibly advocate for having fun with extra fruit and veggies.”

Have A Plant Ambassadors, together with PBH’s digital and social media following, attain greater than 2 million customers day by day and embrace the next leaders:

RETAIL:
• Albertson’s Corporations, Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
• Massive Y Meals, Andrea Luttrell, RDN, LDN
• Massive Y Meals, Carrie Taylor, RDN, LDN
• Coborn’s Inc., Amy Petersen, MS, RD, LD
• Coborn’s Inc., Emily Dad or mum, RD, LD
• Contemporary Thyme Market, Meghan Sedivy, RD, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Charlotte Scheid, MED, RD, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Jennifer Schmiel, RD, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Joni Rampolla, MBA, RDN, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Mary Robinson, RD, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Shanna Schultz, RD, LDN
• Large Meals Shops, Thu Huynh, RD, LDN
• Hannaford Grocery store, Allison J Stowell, MS, RD
• Hannaford Supermarkets, April Byron, MS, RDN, LDN
• Hannaford Grocery store, Kara Kilmartin, RD, LD
• Harmons Grocery, Sarah Kiel, RD
• Okay-VA-T Meals Shops, Elizabeth Corridor, PHD, RDN, LDN
• Rouses Markets, April Sins, MS, RDN, LDN
• Weis Markets, Emily Bumgarner, M.ED., RDN, LDN
• Weis Markets, Lyndi Wieand, MHSC, RDN, LDN
• Weis Markets, Melissa Logan, RDN, LDN

CULINARY & FOODSERVICE:
• Chef Abbie Gellman, Abbie Gellman, MS, RD
• Compass Group, Jennifer Roberts, MS, RDN
• Culinary Options Facilities, LLC, Cyndie, Story, PhD, RDN, SNS
• Datassential, Marie Molde, RD
• Wholesome Consuming 101, Megan McCarthy
• Kaya Well being, Erika Wong, MS, RD
• Diet for the Future, Dayle Hayes, MS, RD
• RDPC, INC/Board Mama, Robin Plotkin, RDN
• Sodexo, Micheline D. Cormier, RD, LDN
• Style, Diet Consulting, Tessa Nguyen, RD
• The Meals Group/Inventive Meals Options, Jessica Foust, RDN

LIFESTYLE, NUTRITION & AGRICULTURE:
• Alexandra Rae, Harvest Pleasure
• Andrew Dole, RDN, CEC, Physique Gasoline Sports activities Efficiency & Way of life Diet
• Beau Coffron, Lunchbox Dad
• Cara Harbstreet, MS, RD, Road Good Diet
• Christy Wilson, RDN, Christy Wilson Diet
• Deanna Belleny Lewis, MPH, RDN, Deanna Belleny Lewis
• Elisabeth Watkins, Farm Lady Chef
• Elise Compston, RD, LD and Stephen Compston, RD, LD, CDCES, Compston’s Kitchen
• Jillian Griffith, MSPH, RDN, LDN, The Tradition of Wellness
• Jodi Danen, RD, Create Children Membership
• Jonathan Valdez, RD, MBA, CDE, Genki Diet
• Julie Andrews, MS, RDN, CD, FAND, The Wholesome Epicurean
• Kelli Shallal, MPH, RD, CPT, Hungry Interest
• Kelly Jones, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, Kelly Jones Diet
• Kristen Carli, RD, Camelback Diet & Wellness
• Lauren Manaker, MS, RDN, LD, CLEC, Diet Counseling Now
• Leslie Bonci, MPH, RD, CSS, Energetic Consuming Recommendation
• Liz Weiss, MS, RDN, Liz’s Wholesome Desk
• Lori Taylor, The Produce Mothers®
• Mandy Enright, MS, RDN, RYT, Staff With ME: Diet & Health Consulting LLC
• Manuel Villacorta, MS, RD, Manuel Villacorta Diet
• Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN
• Megan Crivelli, The Produce Nerd
• Nicole Rodriguez, RDN, NASM-CPT, Get pleasure from Meals Get pleasure from Life
• Rosanne Rust, MS, RDN, LDN, Rust Diet Companies
• Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN, Bucket Listing Tummy
• Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDCES, FAND, Vandana Sheth

Past its Have A Plant Ambassadors, PBH additionally connects with a broad community of plant-passionate advocates, who imagine within the group’s mission and promote fruit and veggies of their work regularly. All plant-passionate professionals are invited to join our Have A Plant community here.

“We acknowledge tons of of influencers need to be part of our Motion, whether or not selling produce in shops, in faculties, in eating places or on-line by way of social media,” stated Katie Calligaro, PBH advertising and marketing & communications director.

“Increasing and evolving the Have A Plant® Motion so that each one plant-passionate advocates can participate signifies that any skilled who believes within the PBH mission can collaborate with us and make a distinction within the lives of hundreds of thousands of Individuals, serving to them to expertise better well being and happiness by consuming extra fruit and veggies.”

Reaching hundreds of thousands of customers every day by way of its social media channels and digital ecosystem, PBH continues to be a premium associate for influencer engagement and activation. To reap the benefits of PBH’s complete menu of influencer choices that immerse Gen Z and millennial customers in an inspirational fruit and vegetable tradition, obtain the newly launched 2022 Member Engagement Prospectus right here.

For extra data, analysis, suggestions, tips, recipes and fruit and veggie info and inspiration, go to fruitsandveggies.org. Observe us and our Have A Plant® Ambassadors on Fb @fruitsandveggies; Twitter @fruits_veggies; Instagram @fruitsandveggies; Pinterest @fruits_veggies; and LinkedIn at Produce for Higher Well being Basis.

In regards to the Produce for Higher Well being Basis
Produce for Higher Well being Basis (PBH), a nonprofit 501(c)(3), is the one nationwide group devoted to serving to customers stay happier, wholesome lives by consuming extra fruit and veggies, together with recent, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice, each single day.

Since 1991, PBH has invested many years into creating trended insights on attitudes towards all types of fruit and vegetable consumption, along with campaigns and partnerships with authorities, meals business stakeholders, well being professionals and different thought leaders to collaborate, facilitate and advocate for elevated consumption. Campaigns included first, the 5-A-Day program, after which, the Fruits & Veggies—Extra Issues public well being initiative. Whereas 5 fruit and veggies every day is nice recommendation, and extra will at all times matter, PBH’s new behavior-based call-to-action is Have A Plant®. Rooted in behavioral science, PBH’s transformative Have A Plant® Motion is an invite that can encourage individuals with compelling causes to imagine within the highly effective position fruit and veggies can play to create comfortable, wholesome and energetic lives.

The Produce for Higher Well being Basis is THE ONLY 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit group dedicated to rising fruit and vegetable consumption for America’s well being and happiness.

CONTACT:
Katie Calligaro, Advertising & Communications Director
Produce for Higher Well being Basis
kcalligaro@pbhfoundation.org
412-848-1644