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College & University
Gary Valen
Former dean of Hendrix College, where
a program was implemented to purchase from local farmers.
Humane Society
700 Professional Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-548-7709
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
John Hendrickson
1450 Linden Drive, Room 146
Madison, WI 53706
jhendric@facstaff.wisc.edu
High Schools
Farmers' Market Trust
Duane Perry
1201 Chestnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-568-0830 Ext. 11
duane@libertynet.org
Project E.C.H.O.
Students learn business skills in the Project
E.C.H.O. classroom and then apply those skills by converting the
school cafeteria
into a fast service restaurant)
P.O. Box 2410
Santa Monica, CA 90407
800-656-6845 ext. 8962
samg@snapsystems.com
School Gardening
National Gardening Association
180
Flynn Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
802-863-1308
GREEN Project at Miles Elementary
Susan Silverman
Tucson, AZ
520-326-5844
rroati@aol.com
"Growing with Plants" Curriculum
Steven Garrett
WSU Cooperative Extension
3049 South 36th, Suite 300
Tacoma, WA 98409
253-798-3262
sgarrett@wsu.edu
Federal Child Nutrition Programs
FRAC
Lynn Parker
1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, #540
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-986-2200 x3012
California Food Policy Advocates
Ed Bolen or Matt Sharp
116 New Montgomery St., #530
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-777-4422
USDA Food and Nutrition Services
Lee Powell, "Farm to school" initiative
703-305-1431
Joyce Willis, Dir.
3101 Park Center Drive, Rm. 813B
Alexandria, VA 22302-1594
703-305-2039
Cooking with Kids
Lyn Walters
3508 Camino Jalisco
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-473-4703
The Cookshop Program
Community Food Resource Ctr.
90 Washington Street
New York, NY 10006
212-344-0195. ext. 345
Food Studies Institute
Antonia Demas, PhD
60 Cayuga Street
Trumansburg, NY 14886
607-387-6884
ad14@cornell.edu
Share Our Strength
1511 K Street NW
Suite 940
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-393-2925
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General Resources
Children's Pesticide Exposure via Food Products. US Government Fact Sheet
The Little Green Schoolhouse
Thinking Big About Ecological Sustainability, Children's Environmental Health and K-12 Education in the USA.
Public Citizen's Safe Lunch Program
no irradiated foods in school lunches
Commercial Alert - www.commercialalert.org
Works to prevent the commercial culture from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy.
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
Practical information about how students, teachers and grounds staff can carry out a school organic food growing project.
CSPI Kid Stuff -- CHOW Club!
This is great website. It gives suggestions for better school foods & nutrition information geared toward children. They also run a Kids and Commercialism Campaign.
Organic Trade Association Industry Listings
Healthy School Lunch Action Guide
EarthSave - 800-362-3648
Healthy Kids Resource Center
313 W. Winton Ave.
Hayward, CA 94544,
510-670-4581
Mothers and Others CORE Values,
Francine
Stephens, 212-242-0010 ext. 310
Red Tomato, 781-830-9412, mrhodes@equalexchange.com
Center for Ecoliteracy/ Berkeley Unified School District Project
Janet Brown, 415-488-9464
Center for Science in the Public Interest
(CSPI) is a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of our food supply and on reducing the carnage caused by alcoholic beverages.
California Safe
School
www.calisafe.org
818-785-5515
A
nonprofit environmental coalition of over fifty organizations located
in Southern California committed to the health and safety of children,
teachers, staff and community members who reside near school sites. CSS
is nationally and internationally recognized for creating the most stringent
pesticide policy for schools. This Integrated Pest Management Policy
(IPM) was the first in the USA to embrace the "precautionary principle," and
Parents Right to Know. In addition, CSS sponsored AB 405 signed by Governor
Schwarzengger which protects 6 million school children, teachers and
school employees from experimental pesticides whose health effects are
unknown.
Programs Connecting Education on Food, Nutrition, and the Natural Environment: Curricula, Resources & Books
Pamela Koch, LIFE
Program,
Box 137,
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027 -
212-678-3950
Farm to School Food Education Program Bibliography & Resource List
Elizabeth Wheeler
Hartford Food System
509 Weathersfield Ave.
Hartford, CT 06114
860-296-9325
What are We Feeding Our Kids?
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW Ste. 300
Washington, D.C. 20009-5728
Occidental College CFS Project
c/o PPERC
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
323-259-2633
Studies
Childhood Obesity (PDF)
Public health-crisis, common sense cure. Americans are turning to organic food, and for good reason. A Consumer Reports study.
Institutional Markets
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
This organization has done an enormous amount of work regarding institutional markets for sustainable agricultural products. It s a great site to find out what other people have gone through to get their products into institutions. In particular, this page on institutional food purchasing.