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Who it's for

Fresh leafy greens

For Health Systems, Teaching Kitchens & Food Is Medicine

The produce is the prescription. This is the plan for cooking it.

Hospitals are opening teaching kitchens and writing produce prescriptions. Patients leave with a bag of vegetables and, too often, no plan for what to do with them. WPU supplies the class sequence and the recipes, so your teaching kitchen runs a nine-week program instead of one-off demos.

Talk to us about a pilot → See the 9 weeks

What's missing from most programs

Produce prescriptions and food pharmacies solve access. They don't solve the Tuesday-night question of what to cook, or the habit change that keeps people eating that way after the vouchers stop.

Building a curriculum from scratch pulls dietitians and chefs away from patients. A tested sequence saves that time.

What your program gets

  • A 9-week class sequence that moves from a first plant-forward week through the pantry, the plate, and long-term habits.
  • A recipe library designed around common produce-prescription and food-pharmacy items.
  • Facilitator guides for dietitians, chefs, or community health workers.
  • Simple participation and satisfaction measures you can add to your own evaluation.

WPU is in pre-launch. Materials are in draft, and founding partners help shape them before they open to everyone.

Where it fits

  1. 01

    Teaching kitchens

    Run the nine weeks as a referral-based class series.

  2. 02

    Produce prescription

    Pair each pickup with that week's recipe card and step.

  3. 03

    Community benefit

    Host cohorts at partner churches and community centers as part of your community health work.

  4. 04

    Employee wellness

    Offer the same program to your own staff.

The nine weekly steps: Taste the Power · The Why · The Pantry Reset · Build the Plate · Master the Greens · Beans, Grains & the Power Foods · Less Meat, More Life · Move, Rest, Renew · The Ripple. See the full program.

The evidence

What the research says

  • A systematic review of cooking and home food preparation programs for adults found results that suggest a positive influence on eating behavior.

    Reicks et al., J Nutr Educ Behav, 2014

  • In a 22-week randomized trial in people with type 2 diabetes, a low-fat vegan diet lowered HbA1c more than a standard diabetes diet (−0.96 vs −0.56 points), and more participants reduced their diabetes medication (43% vs 26%).

    Barnard et al., Diabetes Care, 2006

Questions

Is WPU clinically validated?

Not yet as a program. It is built on well-studied principles (more whole plants and fiber, group support, hands-on cooking), and we're collecting data from the founding cohort. We'd welcome a health-system partner to help evaluate it.

Can our clinicians adapt the content?

Yes. Your dietitians and physicians stay in charge of clinical guidance. The program supplies structure and recipes.

Cover of the free guide Your First Plant-Forward Week

Free guide

Your First Plant-Forward Week

Seven days of simple meals, a one-hour Sunday prep plan, nine easy recipes and one shopping list. Print it, stick it on the fridge, and taste the difference.

Free. We'll only email you about WPU, and never share your details.

Become a founding partner

Let's plan your first cohort.

Tell us about your group and we'll be in touch about the founding-partner kit, launch dates, and a quick call.

  • First access to the founding cohort
  • A welcome kit and the first taste-the-power week
  • Partner track open for churches, clinics, kitchens and more
  • We never sell or share your details

We'll only use your details to contact you about Wellness Peace University. We never sell or share your information.

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