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Riverside County Nutrition Services Gayle Hoxter, MPH, RD Goals, Vision & Mission GOAL: To promote fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity through collaboration of services to help combat obesity in Riverside County residents VISION: Improve health and well being of Riverside County Residents MISSION: Work proactively with colleagues in other United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Nutrition Services (FNS) programs and affiliated organizations to develop long-term strategies Who is at our Lunch Table? Schools: Beaumont USD Food Services Riverside County of Education Desert Areas Murrieta Valley USD Food Services Nuview School District Food Services Riverside County Office Of Education Palm Springs USD Food Services Riverside USD Nutrition Services Childcare: Head Start Riverside County Child Care Consortium DPSS Mid County Child Care Council University of California Cooperative Extension Riverside County Agriculture Commissioner's Office Farmers Market Manager Food Banks Riverside County Nutrition Services - Network for a Healthy California - Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) DPSS Food Stamps Office On Aging Get Involved 5 Reasons to Support CNAP IV. Provide consistent nutrition messages. Leverage resources more effectively.. Better information sharing among programs. New and innovative ideas. V. Increased potential for getting results. I. II. III. Action Plan for 2007-Today Fruit & Vegetable Access CX3 Countywide Certified Farmers Markets Farmers Markets Farm Stands Grocery Stores CX3 Fruit Vegetable Access Map Food Environment Study Utilized data and mapping resources to evaluate the food landscape. Develop ratios of fast food to produce by city to locate areas of imbalance (deserts). Inventory produce vendors according to location within High Priority Census Tracts (Greater than 50% of tract <185% poverty) Increase Fruit & Vegetable Childcare Settings New Provider nutrition education trainings Seminars for Childcare providers Tool kits Health Habits for Life program sponsored by First Five Riverside Increase Fruit & Vegetable WIC Healthy Habits for Life Messages New WIC Food Package- Cash value-vouchers ($6, $8, or $10) for fruits and vegetables for children and women Increase Fruit & Vegetable Schools Orange Conservancy School Gardens Farm to School Increase Fruit & Vegetable Farmers Markets Gayle Hoxter, MPH, RD http://www.rivco-nutrition.org/cnap.