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COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi University for Women will launch in the fall of 2015 a project to raise awareness of healthy eating.
Project CHEW (Cook Healthy, Eat Well) will take a mobile unit across the state to emphasize healthy ingredients and food preparation techniques. The unit will have a 24-foot fully equipped catering trailer with a demonstration kitchen.
MUW officials say the Culinary Arts Institute project will demonstrate that preparing healthy, nutritious meals can be done anywhere — even on the road from a food trailer.
The demonstrations will be held at high schools, community colleges, markets and festivals across the state.
Officials say the project will encourage the use of locally sourced food — from farmers' markets — and emphasize the importance of fresh produce as part of a healthy diet.
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