PVAMU Healthy Houston Initiative debuts mobile kitchen
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (August 12, 2021) – Less than a year after its formal
launch, the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)
Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) has unveiled its new mobile kitchen unit that will soon travel around the Houston area serving various communities.
The mobile kitchen made its debut during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the PVAMU Northwest Houston Center on Thursday. The event allowed community partners to get an up-close look at the HHI’s newest tool.
The unit – adorned in PVAMU’s signature purple and gold – features an industrial-sized refrigerator, two sinks, two 4-burner gas stovetops, and a double-stack propane convection oven. It will be used at HHI events to conduct cooking demonstrations with healthy food products taken from community gardens
PVAMU President Ruth J. Simmons said the kitchen would allow the HHI to continue its work in addressing health disparities and other pressing issues in underserved communities.
“I’m very proud of this effort,” Simmons said. “If we can expand on this and persuade our supporters that this is an effort that will make a difference in these communities, I think it can be a wonderful thing.”
The HHI is a partnership with PVAMU, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Complete Communities Initiative, and The Texas A&M University System, with Chancellor John Sharp as a major supporter. Within PVAMU, the Colleges of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Nursing, Juvenile Justice, and Business work together to develop programming that uses a portfolio of educational, healthcare assessment, and outreach programs.