Healthy Eating BRIGHT IDEAS

Listed below are BRIGHT IDEAS about Healthy Eating. You can view all of the Healthy Eating BRIGHT IDEAS by Submit Date, Academic Year Implemented, Title or Organization. Click on the title to read the bright idea.

Green Academy

Who	:	Santa Barbara High School
Where	:	school
When	:	2004-2005 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Green Academy students and a teacher developed a healthy fundraiser by planting seeds and selling plants to the school community.

Nutrition Services

Who	:	Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Where	:	school
When	:	2003-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Newport-Mesa Unified School District adopted nutrition policy that eliminated sodas from all schools, including middle and high schools, and resulted in healthier menus.

Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn

Who	:	Austin Independent School District
Where	:	school
When	:	2003-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Austin Independent School Districtremoved foods of minimal nutritional value, including sodas and high fat/calorie snack foods, from all vending machines, resulting in an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption by students and staff.

Grant Environmental Organization

Who	:	Grant High School, GJUHSD
Where	:	school
When	:	1998-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Students at Grant High School come from many diverse backgrounds, and live in one of the more limited-resource neighborhoods in Sacramento. Although many of the neighborhood residents have a cultural history of gardening, major grocery stores cannot be found in the neighborhood. The food stores that are present offer primarily pre-packaged, less-nutritious products, and limited produce of questionable quality. In the late 1980's, a series of neighborhood surveys highlighted the need for greater investment in this community, and timely funding opportunities gave birth to a garden-based education program on the campus of Grant High School. This program continues to be a youth-led program that works on entrepreneurial garden and community beautification projects. The program trains youth in horticulture, business and landscape design principles so students have the skills and knowledge to obtain employment, access higher education and actively improve the community.

Promoting Healthy Eating At School

Who	:	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Where	:	school
When	:	2000-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	August 11, 2004

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School's Child Nutrition Services and the Mecklenberg County Health Department wanted to promote healthy eating at school. We promoted healthy eating by making a variety of changes in the school meal program. Recipes were revised to reduce fat and include an nutritional analysis,vegetarian and vegan entrees were provided. The availability of ethnic food and soup offerings were expanded and Winner's Circle "Munch Boxes" were provided as an alternative to grocery store boxed meals. In 2004-2005 we plan on making additional changes such as eliminating French Fries,providing non-starchy vegetables and increasing the availabilty of fiberous foods. In addition all elementary schools and afterschool programs will carry Winner's Circles packaged snacks,whole milk will be replaced with 1% and skim milk and a wellness/nutrition Message of the Day will be offered in all schools.