To atone for its creation of the Double Down Sandwich, KFC-parent conglomerate and Louisville-based grease-merchant Yum! Brands has awarded grants totaling $7,800 to six area non-profit organizations as part of Operation Brightside’s “NatureScape” program. Although none of these programs include provisions for emergency bypass surgery, the money is being used to fund, among other things, vegetable gardens at Portland and Whitney Young elementary schools and to replace trees in Central Park felled by the ice and wind storms.

Brightside’s NatureScape grants are funded entirely through private donations, including sponsorship from YUM! Brands. “Thanks to YUM! Brands, the schools awarded today will create gardens that provide both educational opportunities, as well as healthy vegetables for a majority of students living at or below the poverty level” Knapek said. [Operation Brightside]

… but at what cost?