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Bringing healthy food from local farms to California’s schools!

Bringing healthy food from local farms to California’s schools!. Farm to School/Preschool. Provide access to locally grown, healthy and nourishing foods Promote healthy eating habits and reduce the risk of obesity and health related disorders

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Bringing healthy food from local farms to California’s schools!

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  1. Bringing healthy food from local farms to California’s schools!

  2. Farm to School/Preschool • Provide access to locally grown, healthy and nourishing foods • Promote healthy eating habits and reduce the risk of obesity and health related disorders • Facilitate education about nutrition, food and agriculture in and out of the classroom • Open up access to new markets and increase revenue for local farmers • Build community support and awareness about local food systems and agriculture

  3. Farm to School Components Policy Change Local Procurement Marketing INSERT PHOTO Nutrition and Garden Education

  4. Weekly Lessons Monthly Taste Tests and Recipes Nutrition and Garden Education - expanded Harvest of the Month Planting & Harvesting Discovery Labs “Tutti Fruitti PA Breaks

  5. System change beyond Education On-Site Market Stands and CSAs- Example: Magnolia Place & CSU Local Procurement at Central Kitchen Example: PACE & West Central Produce

  6. HOTM link to farmer of the month • Introduce the farmer, and share fund facts • Talk about the farm and how the food grows • Talk about what local means and the importance of eating local • Write a letter to the farmer describing their experience and asking questions

  7. Educational Marketing Materials • Youth are exposed to lots of messages around health, nutrition, local food, but have not internalized them yet • They want to assert individualism and try new things, but still affected by peer influences • Positive attitude and appearance are indicators of health • Messaging around new, fun, and social

  8. Thank You Yelena Zeltser CA Farm to School Program Manager (323) 341-5099 zeltser@oxy.edu Rosa Romero Farm to Preschool Program Manager (323) 341-5090 rromero@oxy.edu Urban & Environmental Policy Institute Occidental College, Los Angeles www.uepi.oxy.edu www.CAFarmtoSchool.org www.FarmtoPreschool.org

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