Resources for Eating Healthy
Organic Produce Delivery
Looking for a convenient way to include more fruits and vegetables in your day? Two local businesses will deliver organic produce right to your home or work. Having the fruits and vegetables at your fingertips is one more way to help make the healthy choice the easy choice!
Good Food on a Tight Budget
Stretching your dollars to get a month's worth of healthy, filling food can be a challenge. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), in collaboration with Share Our Strength, published this guide to help you fill your plate with delicious, healthy food - and save time and money. EWG assessed nearly 1,200 foods and hand-picked the best 100 or so that pack in nutrients at a good price, with the fewest pesticides, contaminants and artificial ingredients. To get the guide, visit http://www.ewg.org/goodfood/ or download it below. Also available is a recipe booklet full of tasty, easy to prepare recipes.
Local Food Guide
Looking for food grown/produced in or around Shasta County? The Local Food Guide is a good start. It lists multiple sources of locally produced food and where to buy it. According to a study conducted in early 2012, if consumers in the 6 county region surrounding Shasta County (Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Tehama) bought $5 of their food from local farms each week, farms would earn $89 million of new farm income annually - meaning an additional $89 million per year would enter the region's economy.
Local Food Guide (pdf)
Please note: This guide is a work in progress. If you have suggestions or would like to be included please contact Melinda at Healthy Shasta, 225-5351 or mshaffer@co.shasta.ca.us.
Websites
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- California Project Lean
- CDC - Fruit & Vegetables
- CDC - Nutrition for Everyone
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Champions for Change
- Eat Smart. Play Hard. Healthy Lifestyle
- Fruits & Veggies - More Matters
- Harvard School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source
- Harvest of the Month
- Kids Eat Right
- Kids Health
- Let's Move
- Meals Matter
- My Plate
- Network for a Healthy California
- Network for a Healthy California - Sierra Cascade Region
- Roots of Change
- SNAP to Health
- SNAP to Health - Nutrition On-the-Go
For Kids
Printed Materials for Parents
- Healthy Snacks for Children
- Straight A's with a Healthy Breakfast
- What is a Healthy Food
- Yummy Tummy Cookbook
Printed Materials for Teachers
The following printed materials for teachers are a part of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Classrooms Toolkit developed by the Healthy Students Initiative.
Classroom Parties
- Ghoulishly Great Ideas
- Happy Healthy Halloween
- Healthy Celebrations
- Healthy Classroom Party Ideas
- Healthy Halloween Treats
- Healthy Holiday Party Ideas
- Healthy School Celebrations
- Healthy Treats for Classroom Parties
- Party Foods for the Classroom
- Valentines Party Treat Ideas
Healthy Rewards
- Non-Food Alternatives
- We Can! Classroom Parties & Incentives
- Alternatives to Food as Reward
- Constructive Classroom Rewards
- Alternatives to Using Food as Reward
- Non-Food Reward Ideas
- Food-Free Celebration Ideas
Healthy Fundraising
Healthy Snacks
- Healthy Alternatives for Snacks
- Tasty Snacks for Healthy Kids
- Snacking Tips for Healthy Kids
- Healthy Snacks for Home and Classroom
- Fuel Learning with Fruits and Vegetables
