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Healthy Eating & Nutrition Education

Information about improving nutrition and establishing healthy eating habits in school, child care, adult, and after school settings.

California's Farm to School Program
An education model that connect schools with local farms.

Classroom Cooking
Support academic standards through cooking in the classroom.

Competitive Foods and Beverages
Information, tools, and resources on foods and beverages sold outside of the federally reimbursable meal programs.

E-mail List
Subscribe to the Healthy Eating E-mail List.

Feed More Kids: Improve Program Participation
A series of four brochures and other information featuring field-tested strategies for increasing school lunch and breakfast participation and improving meal program quality and operations.

Food Safety
Information and links about food safety during food preparations and transfer, and California Uniform Retail Food Facility Law (CURFFL) requirements.

A Garden in Every School
In collaboration with organizations and individuals throughout California, the Garden in Every School Program promotes linkages among the school classroom, school cafeteria, local agriculture, waste management, and others.

Guidance on Infant Feeding
Information including manuals, management bulletins, guidance from USDA and links to other Web sites.

Local School Wellness Policy
Information and resources on the Local School Wellness Policy, Section 204 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.

Nutrition Education Resources
Nutrition education publications and links to information and activities for educators and children.

School Menu Planning
Information and resources on the School Meals Initiative menu planning options, nutrient analysis, competitive foods, and meal patterns for the national school lunch and breakfast programs.

SHAPE California
Shaping Health as Partners in Education (SHAPE) - Information about the network of schools and child care centers that are developing collaborative, positive nutrition policies.

Team Nutrition
Information about USDA's program that provides nutrition education materials for children and families and training for food service professionals.

Wake Up to More Fruits & Vegetables
An interactive online training program designed for school food service and other personnel to support fresh fruit and vegetable offerings for students.


Healthy Eating E-mail List

If you would like to receive information (including training announcements) about improving nutrition and establishing healthy eating habits in school, child care, adult, and after school settings, subscribe to the Healthy Eating E-mail List by sending a "blank" message to join-enpu-web@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the Healthy Eating E-mail List, send a "blank" message to unsubscribe-enpu-web@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

Questions:  Education and Nutrition Policy Unit | 800-952-5609
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