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Food Smarts: Free Trainings

CalFresh Healthy Living is offering a number of free Food Smarts Facilitator Trainings. Food Smarts is a flexible, evidence-based, learner-centered curriculum designed for leading nutrition education workshops with youth ages 5-17; the curriculum covers a variety of topics, including food and nutrition literacy, nutrition security, food recovery, and adoption of healthy dietary and lifestyle habits. Trainings include a combination of self-paced work and live online meetings and one training option below is conducted in Spanish.

Registration:

Training Schedule At-a-Glance:

Food Smarts Kids Facilitator Training for School Staff External link opens in new window or tab.

  • Dates: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and May 12, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Pacific Standard Time (PST)

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  • Dates: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, and June 3, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., PST

Capacitación Para Educadores de Food Smarts, Español External link opens in new window or tab.

  • Dates: Thursday, May 21, 2026, and June 4, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., PST

Questions:

Contact the CalFresh Healthy Living Statewide Training Team by email at CFHLStatewideTraining@leahspantry.org.

Questions:   Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609
Last Reviewed: Friday, April 24, 2026
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