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  • Healthy Chinese Cuisine

    2019 California Department of Public Health, Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch

    This cookbook provides nutritious and delicious recipes (using fruits and vegetables).

     

    From the forward:

    cover of cookbook healthy chinese cuisine using fruits and vegetables

  • Gardening Takes Root in Maine Schools: Kingfield Elementary Kids Grow and Eat their Own Produce in Outdoor Classroom

    Jul 26, 2019

    From 2015 until 2018, Maine SNAP-Ed and Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County teamed up with the local Master Gardener program and Kingfield Elementary School. They worked together to expand their school garden. Kingsfield is a SNAP-Ed eligible, rural school. Together, they developed a 6-8-week after-school program called Growing Gardeners. 

    kids in a gardening plot

  • Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

    May 14, 2018

    Youth-led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) has changed the after-school programs at the YMCA of Honolulu. Teens are now engaged in identifying solutions to the issues they see in their communities.  The approach has built leadership among several dozen teens.

    Kids working in a garden

  • Out of School Time Programs

    May 04, 2018

    Out of School Time Programs are ideally positioned to engage children in developing healthy lifestyles through hands-on, experiential learning. With specific strategies geared towards this setting, HealthMPowers helps afterschool and summer programs increase access to healthy foods and expand opportunities for youth to be physical active.

    child and adult mixing something in a bowl

  • Inspiring Healthy Communities

    2016 Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition & Converge Consulting Research and Training.

    Inspiring Healthy Communities, the newest report in the series highlights the collective impact and comprehensive approach of the Youth-led Participatory Action Research (YPAR) projects i

    cover with picture of fruit and communications materials

  • Iowa Farm to School Toolkit

    2015 National Center for Appropriate Technology and FoodCorps Iowa.

    This online toolkit discusses the various components associated with beginning and sustaining Farm to School programs or related activities.

    Iowa Farm to School Toolkit

  • Green Island Gardens

    Jan 29, 2018

    Youth worked in a community garden and planter program, called the Green Island Gardens (GIG) project. It was a summer job program through Pernet. The goal was to beautify the retail and residential areas in Worchester. Pernet adopted a state-owned island for this project. They committed to maintain the grounds, and grow fresh produce, herbs, and flowers.

    Youth outside

  • UC CalFresh Fresno Helps Transform Challenge into Change

    Jan 11, 2018

    Poverty combined with high unemployment rates can be a recipe for disaster. Entire families become engulfed in crisis. Rescue the Children (Rescue) is a ministry of the Fresno Rescue Mission. The Mission is a nonprofit that changes lives lost to drug or alcohol addiction. The Mission assists homeless families and women who have been released from prison. Rescue provides an in-house rehabilitation and transition program.

    person in a dusty garden