How You Can Help

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Supporting best practice ideas, such as a farm-to-school, school garden, school salad bar program or farm-to-institution programs
Establishing a community garden that allows children and families to supplement their nutrition with fresh produce
Improving school nutrition and wellness policies that replace junk food and unhealthy beverages at school events, in vending machines, snack bars and cafeterias with healthy choices during the school day
Advocating for and enacting zoning laws that limit fast food restaurants and unhealthy mobile vending, especially near schools
Converting your local corner store into a healthy store that sells fresh produce
Creating economic stimulus programs or public-private partnerships that promote the establishment of farmer’s markets and retail grocery operations in low-income neighborhoods
Establishing supplemental nutrition assistance payment options (i.e. CalFresh or WIC) at your local produce venue

Encouraging shared use or joint use of school and community resources to increase the amount of resources available for physical activity
Ensuring that community members from underserved communities are engaged in decision-making about sustainable community issues
Requiring quality physical education and physical activity standards
Cleaning up neglected parks and creating safer parks
Making sure all streets have proper lighting and have well-maintained sidewalks and bicycle lanes
Requiring developers to build adequate parks, playgrounds and/or walking trails in new housing developments
Establishing safe routes to school programs to create safer environments and promote children walking to school
Establishing traffic calming and safety measures to encourage walking and biking
Linking public transportation to housing, parks/recreational centers, education, employment and grocery stores

To learn more about what you and others can do, contact our regional office at: (559) 498-0870.