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Real Food for Real Kids (RFRK), the Toronto
organization that provides healthy all-natural catering to daycares
and elementary schools around Toronto (
see our Yonge Street story from last March). Founded five years ago by Lulu
Cohen-Farnell and husband David Farnel, Real Food now employs over 50
people and serves more than 6,000
kids at childcare centers and schools across Toronto.
"Despite the incredible leaps RFRK has made towards improving kids'
access to nutritious food over the past few years, it was clear to me
upon meeting David and Lulu that they see their work as very much
unfinished. "There's so much misleading information out there," Lulu
says as we take a seat in David's office. "Some company might tell you
that their chicken nuggets are organic, but they're still filled with
shit. Chemicals and preservatives."
"The other companies have tapped into the healthy food idea now," David
adds, "but all they're doing is changing their marketing."
"People pay money for food that is fortified," Lulu says. "Foods that
claim they have added iron, added vitamins. But all you need to do is
just eat real food, cooked properly. It's so simple."
"RFRK makes all of its dishes (such as its lemongrass beef stew and
samurai zucchini salad) with no artificial colours or flavours, and
tries to use local and organic produce whenever possible while keeping
healthfulness a priority. Despite my preconceived notions, David
assured me that the cost is not as much as you would think. "The
difference is about 15 to 50 cents per child per meal," he says."
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