Fruit and Vegetable Foundation donates $10M to UC Davis
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The Fruit and Vegetable Foundation recently announced a $10 million gift to the School of Medicine and UC Davis Health. This gift established the Dr. Douglas S. L. Howard Endowed Chair in Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare and supports the development of the corresponding program.
The UC Davis Nutrition for Transformative Healthcare Program will promote infrastructure, research and outreach into whole food nutritional health with the goal of expanding the knowledge and understanding of how fruits and vegetables play an important role in supporting good health.
The investment will empower groundbreaking research and education in whole food nutrition, especially the science behind freeze-dried fruits and vegetables and their potential to improve health outcomes.It’s the largest ever gift for nutrition science at the School of Medicine and UC Davis Health.
Douglas Howard, founder of the companies Balance of Nature and Dr. Phytos, and the Fruit and Vegetable Foundation, presented the gift.
From left to right: Kim Barrett, Trina Knotts, Susan Murin, Jean Debédat, Diana Farmer,Shaun Keister, Sean Adams, Timothy Hollingshead, Mohamed Ali, Lex Howard, Katrine Howard, Douglas Howard, and Bruce Hall.
“We are deeply grateful to carry forward Dr. Howard’s vision and inspire generations of future doctors and scientists through this gift,” said Sean Adams, vice chair for basic research in the Department of Surgery.
The Fruit and Vegetable Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables.
“Through research and testing, we are demonstrating the powerful connection between a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and the mitigation of disease,” said Howard.
