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FREE Training & Professional Development Opportunity For School Personnel and Community Partners

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: A Centerpiece of a Healthy School Environment

School Food Innovations Toward Increasing Speciality Crops: A Systems Approach!  Register Now

This one-day training on June 19th, 2013 from 8am-3:00pm provides tools to support an increase of fresh fruits and vegetables through panels, interactive sessions, demonstrations, and technical assistance exploring distribution and sourcing, recipes and preparations, promotions & marketing, as well as cost savings, funding, and enhancements to policy.  This FREE training is targeting school food service staff, professionals, and farm to school partner growers/distributors.  

The training will be followed by a meal standards implementation forum taking place from 3:00-4:45pm.  This  separare event is co-sponsored by the Central Coast School Food Alliance, California Food Policy Advocates, Go For Health Policy & School Food Committees, Congressman Sam Farr, & CA State Senator Bill Monning to provide a space for insight and sharing of successful implementation strategies moving forward  (click here for more details)

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This project has been funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, through a 2008 Team Nutrition Grant administered by the California Department of Education and  2009 and 2010 Specialty Crop Grants administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.  
The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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