Hey, Kids! Eat Your Fruits and Veggies...For Dad!

With Father's Day approaching, it's time to turn our attention to the Dads. It's common today for Moms and Dads to share equally in preparing the meals. However, when I grew up things were different. Mom was the one in the kitchen and when Dad came home from work, dinner was almost always on the table. The only time Dad got involved in the cooking was on the weekends when he fired up the Weber grill for a burger or a steak. 

As I think back about times around our kitchen table, I do remember my parents coaxing me to try new foods. I'm sure my Dad at one time or another put the peas on the spoon and tried to fly them into the open "hangar." This age-old trick to get kids to eat their vegetables seems to pass from one generation to the next...I remember the same trick when our own kids were little, and I'm pretty sure they didn't fall for it!

This week in honor of the Dads who've been working to provide food, putting meals on the table, and persuading kids to try something healthy, we're having a photo contest. Get that camera ready or dig out those old photos. Post a picture on our Daisy Mae's Market Facebook wall of your kid (or any kid) eating fruits or vegetables. The photo that gets the most "likes" by midnight on Father's Day, June 19, is the winner. Winner gets five bags of our Windy Acres dried fruits and snacks (Dad's love 'em) on the next visit to Findlay Market...plus the winner also gets major bragging rights for "Daisy Mae's Favorite Kid."  

Happy Father's Day from all of us at Daisy Mae's Market!

Tweet for Veggies!

Hidden Valley has come up with a great marketing idea. In an effort to promote vegetables to kids, Hidden Valley is offering a $10,000 grant. The new twist is that it's a Twitter contest. Anyone can tweet about the grant and by including @HVRanch #lyvgrants in the post, you are entered. The contest runs for the next couple weeks so sign in to Twitter, and re-tweet my post:

Please RT! Winton Woods Primary North kids like veggies. They'd LOVE them if they got the $10,000 Hidden Valley grant. @HVRanch #lyvgrants

Thanks!