October 3-4, 1998
Seattle Center
"YYUUUCKKKK….. Can I have a hot dog instead?" What parent hasn’t
heard these words from their children when trying to introduce new and healthy food into
the family diet? Besides miniature taste buds, parents also face the healthy food hurdles
of harried work and home lives, the seemingly impossibly high dietary guidelines for 5
servings of fruits and veggies per day, and the lack of time and knowledge in preparing
fast, healthy foods that kids will eat.
The third annual Taste of Health offers solutions to all of these
dilemmas. A focus on delicious vegetarian, organic and natural foods, combined with new
family and children’s activities, is designed to make it easier for parents and kids
to find their way to health.
The festival will feature parent-child activities, such as potato image printing,
healthy meal matching, building vegetable cars, face painting, coloring food pictures and
paper chef’s hats. In addition, a kids’ stage, sponsored by PCC Natural Markets,
will have cooking classes for kids taught by David Wasson, developer of "That’s
Fresh Kids’ Cooking". Activity-oriented, licensed child care, sponsored by
E.C.E. Academy will be available for 4 - 9 year olds on both days.
For parents, Taste of Health offers a chance to sample delicious delights
from local restaurants and a "Try It and Buy It Market" with natural and organic
food samples; attend free cooking demonstrations, listen to seminars from health experts,
or visit the largest cookbook and nutrition bookstore in the Northwest.
Taste of Health, sponsored by EarthSave, occurs in three
North American cities, including Louisville, KY, Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, where it is
expected to draw 10,000 attendees this year. Local sponsors include: Fred Meyer Nutrition
Centers, PCC Natural Markets, Bastyr University, Global Village Markets, KPLU radio,
Lisanatti Soy & Almond Cheeses, Natural Choice Directory, Odwalla, the Seattle Weekly,
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, Small Planet Tofu, Talking Rain, TPN Success Channel, and
Vitasoy USA.
EarthSave Seattle is an all-volunteer local chapter of EarthSave International, an
organization that educates, inspires and empowers people to shift toward a diet centered
on fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes – food choices that are healthy for people
and the planet. The Seattle chapter provides education and support at the community level.
Local programs include monthly potlucks with educational speakers, school presentations,
and other community outreach activities. The local chapter has satellite groups throughout
the greater Puget Sound region.
For more information about EarthSave and Taste of Health, visit the website at www.tasteofhealth.org, or contact EarthSave Seattle at (206) 781-6602.
