Community

FUEL stays very active in local communities.

It's not just a job. It's not just a business. It's an opportunity to be part of the community. Feed your families. Support our schools. Teach our kids.

FIELD TO FUEL FUEL's Award Winning Program

Inspired by Michelle Obama's school garden movement, FUEL Pizza teamed up with the Charlotte Department of Education, the Health Department and Charlotte Green, a local gardening group, to create the Charlotte based "Field to Fork" program.

This year, we will create 14 school "pizza" gardens. Working with their teachers, selected students plan, grow and harvest their own vegetable garden. After harvesting the produce, they win a field trip to FUEL Pizza where we teach them how to use their own vegetables to make whole wheat vegetarian pizza. This is the third year of the program and it has grown exponentially every year. In 2010, Field to Fork was voted the "Innovative Sustainable Business of the Year" and won a grant that enabled us to hire a part-time coordinator.

It's a simple concept --- take a food that kids love, like pizza, and use it to get them to try foods they don't usually love -- vegetables. The results have been fantastic. Kids who would never touch spinach or onions are happy to try them after spending months tending their plants. The proof is in the pudding -- or, rather in the pizza.

If you are a teacher, public health dietician or active in a local gardening group, we would love to talk to you. Fuel Pizza is eager to begin a "Field to FUEL" chapter in DC and would appreciate any information or interest on getting started. Please contact Zach@FUELpizza.com