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PSE: Community Restaurants and Food Vendors

PSE: Community Restaurants and Food Vendors . Amy DeLisio Program Director I Public Health Institute NEOP SNAP-Ed Program. Welcome. Sound Check Type in questions at any time Raise hand to share We want to hear what you are doing Introductions. Agenda. 10:30 Welcome

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PSE: Community Restaurants and Food Vendors

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  1. PSE: Community Restaurants and Food Vendors Amy DeLisio Program Director I Public Health Institute NEOP SNAP-Ed Program

  2. Welcome • Sound Check • Type in questions at any time • Raise hand to share • We want to hear what you are doing • Introductions

  3. Agenda • 10:30 Welcome • 10:35 PSE: Restaurant and Food Vendors (Amy) • 10:50 CX3 Restaurant and Vendor Assessment (Betty) • 10:55 Work plan (Nestor) • 11:00 local presentation: Pasadena • 11:15 Q&A • 11:30 local sharing/open line

  4. National Menu Improvements • Let’s Move • Restaurants are not a priority channel that is called out • Michelle Obama has encouraged restaurants to offer healthier menu items • Hyatt • For Kids by Kids menus • Worked with Alice Waters • Improving Hospital Food and Beverage Environments • Cleveland Clinic • American Heart Association • Heart checked meals • Meets heart healthy nutrition standards

  5. National Initiative • Nation Restaurant Association • Kids Live Well Program • Partnered with Healthy Dining • Nearly 42,000 restaurant locations are part of Kids Live Well • Voluntary program • Set minimum criteria for kids options • Focuses on increasing fruits and vegetable options, lean protein, low fat dairy and whole grains • Restaurants get free promotional materials http://www.restaurant.org/Industry-Impact/Food-Healthy-Living/Kids-LiveWell/About

  6. State Initiative Mississippi Statewide Healthy Dining Initiative • Eat Healthy Mississippi • Promotes locally grown produce in menu items • Connects farmers and restaurants • Public/Private Partnership • Department of Food and Agriculture • Healthy Dining • Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association • Dietitians used to analyze healthy menu items for the restaurant

  7. Local Initiative • New York City’s Green Carts • Increase access and consumption of fruit and vegetables • Only can carry fresh fruits and vegetables • Licensing costs • $53 for food handling course • $75 for two years, renewals $50 • New York City made available 1000 green cart permits • Brooklyn 350 • Bronx 350 • Manhattan 150 • Queens 100 • Staten Island 50 • Fee EBT Qualifying Vendors

  8. Local Initiatives • Green Carts-San Jose, CA • Public/Private partnerships • Santa Clara County Health Department • Put into general plan • Local Non-profits • Health Trust • Community Members • Increase access to fruits and vegetables in low income neighborhoods

  9. Local Initiative • Novato City (Marin County) • Passed an ordinance to prohibit mobile vending within 1,500 feet from all schools • Public/private partnerships • Kaiser Permanente • Marin County Health Department • Youth Leadership Institute • Engaged youth and community • School district http://www.civicpartnerships.org/#!in-brief-series/c1v2e

  10. PSE Work: Getting Started • Education: Teach healthy dining and menu labeling • Ask for visible easy to find postings • Engage and educate the local restaurant owners and local street vendors • Be flexible • Menu design • Use symbol to identify healthy choices • Offer to review recipes for the business to meet standards • Engage community members • Create the demand • Engage partners

  11. Coming Soon:Dining Area Tabletop Mini-Posters To be displayed in 3-sided tabletop acrylic holder (POS-947)

  12. PSE Work: Getting Started • Speak in business language • Profits are important • Farm to Table • May be a cost effective strategy • Good for local economy • Connect growers and restaurant owners • Offer Promotional Items and technical assistance • Use symbols to highlight healthy items • Provide or review recipes • Healthy Dining signage • Tips that influence choices • Raises awareness of options

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