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Nutrition

California Daily Food Guide - A nutrition training manual.  Each chapter is available in PDF format.  There are new chapters and expanded chapters on everything you would want to teach your class or JUST RUN group:  food groups, lifecycle dietary recommendations, ethnic dietary issues, body weight, physical activity, and many others.
HELP Program in Monterey County - Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Principles Program in Monterey County
Nutrition for Everyone - CDC's comprehensive website with excellent information on nutrition and healthy eating choices
Nutrition Competencies for California's Children - An explanation of the California State Nutrition learning expectations for each grade level.  Revised in 2008
Harvest of the Month nutrition and food information - A wonderful and comprehensive website on healthy food and nutrition. Special sections for teachers and monthly curriculum advice are included. We recommend this one!
Nutrition and Food Values - Information on Nutrition and food values - interactive calculator for determining nutrition in your own food.
Information about Fruits and Vegetables - Website for the Five a Day program. Promoting 5 to 9 servings of Fruits and Vegetables per day.
No Junk Food organization - A website created to provide knowledge and alternatives to Junk Food. School fundraising alternatives using healthy food rather than cookies and cakes, etc.
Information on Fruits and Vegetables - Information on Fruits and Vegetables with recipes for healthy eating and living
School Nutrition - American School Food Service Assoc. - Information on school nutrition and advice from the American School Food Service Association. Recipes, information, education.
U.C. Cooperative Extension - Family Nutrition Education Program - University of California Cooperative ExtensionProgram on Family Nutrition. Call Kathleen Nolan at 759-7373 if any questions. This program also coordinates a Walk Across Monterey County program in schools.
The Food Trust Organization - The Food Trust confronts the epidemic of childhood obesity. The mission is affordable and nutritious food, increase access to nutritious food, and being an advocate for better public policy.
National Farm to School organization - Connects schools to local farms. School based gardens for nutritious food. Improving student nutrition in the schools.