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Experience Farming!

Does your class know that your fruits and vegetables don't grow in the grocery store? Do they know that Butte County is a major exporter of nuts? Do they even know a nut tree when they see it? Here at FSNEP we value the importance of students' knowledge about farming.
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Teacher Resources

Nutrition Newslines Subscribe to our teacher newsletter and get ideas on how to implement fun activities within your classroom that promote healthy nutrition and routine physical activity! Lessons include culinary, gardening and physical activities that touch on subjects such as the importance of a...
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Achieve Content Standards

Here at the UC Cooperative Extension program, we know how hard it is to cover all the content standards that need to be taught! Teach nutrition on top of math and reading?? No way! Teach nutrition along with math and reading.
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Startling Statistics

Between the years 1976 and 2002 the prevalence of overweight among children doubled from 7% to 16%!! Between the years 1976 and 2002 the prevalence of overweight among teenagers tripled from 5% to 16%!! 38% of high school students watch an average of three hours of TV each day Children of Latino or...
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Nutrition Links

The Junior Master Gardener program aims to ignite a passion for learning, service and success! Developed originally for 4-H groups, this curriculum leads youth on a journey through gardening, ecology and nutrition, even ending with a chapter on Life Skills and Career Exploration.
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EFNEP

We are a health and nutrition education program operating in 58 counties within California committed to empowering participants and their families with limited resources.
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