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‘Farm to corrections’ project provides fresh produce to people in prison, boosts California growers
Mike Hsu
Published on: September 28, 2023
Patrick Range smiles as he holds up a Bartlett pear
"This is the best pear I've ever eaten," says Patrick Range, a California State Prison Solano resident, raving about the Bartlett pear served as the September Harvest of the Month item. Photo by Evett Kilmartin

Nutrition Policy Institute, Impact Justice, ChangeLab Solutions partner with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Serving slices of watermelon on the Fourth of July is a long-standing tradition at some facilities within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. But this July, there was something different about the watermelon offered to the approximately 8,000 residents at California State Prison Solano, California Medical Facility and Folsom State Prison.

It was juicy. It was sweet. It was “scrumdiddlyumptious,” according to one resident. And it was...

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Public Value: UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
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Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Food, Health
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Encouraging students to eat their vegetables
  • Author: Shannon Klisch
  • Contributor: Lisa Paniagua
  • Contributor: Melissa LaFreniere
Published on: July 14, 2015
Asparagus poster made by the student leaders
Asparagus poster made by the student leaders

Which end of an asparagus do you eat?  I am not going to eat that, it's too spicy! Pink milk cartons (non-fat) are only for girls.

These and many other questions and comments came from students and staff at schools in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District (SMBSD) during recent efforts to expose students to a wider variety of fruits and vegetables. A collaboration between SMBSD staff and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources's UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties (UC CalFresh) was initiated in the 2014/2015 school year to...

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Tags: collaboration (3), Harvest of the Month (2), Nutrition Education (21), school food (4), Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (1)
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