Supporting Community Wellness
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The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE program in the Central Sierra operates in four counties, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne. Our nutrition education team works out of offices in Placerville, South Lake Tahoe, Sutter Creek, San Andreas, and Sonora.
Our mission is to make healthy eating and active living more accessible in the Central Sierra - because good health should be within reach for everyone in our communities.
Our Mission: To inspire and empower under-served Californians to improve their health by promoting awareness, education, and community change through diverse partnerships, resulting in healthy eating and active living.
What We Do
As one of four State Implementing Agencies for CalFresh Healthy Living*, the University of California teaches people eligible for SNAP about good nutrition, how to make their food dollars stretch further, and how to be physically active at any age. Effective, evidenced-based nutrition education and physical activity classes are aligned with policy, systems and environmental change strategies to create long lasting community change.
The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Central Sierra nutrition education program teaches free classes in local schools, community centers, libraries, and other public locations. Our classes show people how to choose, grow, cook, and enjoy affordable healthy foods, and how to make physical activity a regular and fun part of life. We also work to create environments where it’s easier for people to make healthy choices, by supporting school wellness policies, community and school gardens, walking clubs, and more.
For more information about our state-wide program, please click here.
Resources
Check out this guide "Living Healthy in Amador County", made in partnership through the Amador Connecting Hands Coalition, for nutrition and wellness resources for community members.
Explore our Farm to Cafeteria templates
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template for school food service and school nutrition programs to establish garden to cafeteria procurement systems. Includes terms of payment, responsibilities for nutrition and garden programs, food safety, volunteer requirements, and production tracking.
Template of Request for Proposals for Specialty and Seasonal Produce document for School Food Service Directors pursuing local procurement
California's CalFresh Healthy Living, with funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – USDA SNAP, produced this material. These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. For important nutrition information, visit the CalFresh Healthy Living website.
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Central Sierra CalFresh Healthy Living has a channel for educational videos about gardening, physical activity, general nutrition and more!