Resources
Presentations
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Contact for Go, Slow, Whoa! or ReThink Your Drink:
Amber Hendry – 805-788-2718 or
Derek Majewski- dmajewsk@calpoly.edu
Go, Slow, Whoa!
Snacks can be an important part of a healthy diet. They can give us and our children energy to do things like go to work, exercise and play with our kids. Some snacks are more nutritious than others.
Go, Slow, Whoa is a brand new healthy snacking campaign put on by the SLO Public Health Department. It teaches children …
Food Seasonality
Below is a documents that can be used to see what food will be in season during what month in the central coast.
Instant Recess
Instant Recess (formerly Lift-Off!)
5-Minute Physical Activity Break for Meetings and Events
This 5-minute group physical activity break has been developed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and UCLA’s School of Public Health to encourage regular physical activity participation in the workplace. This fun, low-impact group activity, for use at meetings and events or with work groups, supports group participation with simple aerobic dance/calisthenic movements done to music and was specifically designed to accommodates all shapes, sizes and abilities and is appropriate …
Health Hero
Be a Health Hero tools for parents and educators.
Be a Health Hero, a locally-developed program, provides information to support kids and their parents in establishing, promoting and modeling healthy eating and physical activity habits. The campaign was created by HEAL-SLO coalition members: SLO County Department of Public Health, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Juiciful Creative, the Dairy Council of California, and the SLO County Office of Education. The resources/materials have been funded by the SLO County Community Foundation, as well as the previously …
Central Coast
Agriculture and Food
Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) Center for Sustainability // The Center for Sustainability supports university initiatives for education and research in sustainable agriculture, resource management and food systems.
http://www.sarc.calpoly.edu/index.html
Cal Poly Organic Farm // Provides students and the community a place to experience and explore organic and sustainable farming and gardening techniques. The Cal Poly Organic Farm offers a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) membership that provides weekly boxes of fresh produce designed to feed three to six …
California
Agriculture and Food
Ag Innovations Network // Ag Innovations Network is a leader in the sustainable agriculture movement. They have work with farmers, ranchers, farm labor advocates and environmentalists to devise strategies that support healthy farms and a healthy environment.
www.aginnovations.net
Buy Fresh, Buy Local // A directory of California family farms, farmers’ markets, Community Supported Agriculture farms (CSAs), u-pick farms, restaurants, grocers, caterers and bakers, bed & breakfasts, and other businesses that sell locally grown farm products.
http://guide.buylocalca.org/
The California Roundtable on Agriculture and …