Berkeley Unified School District Website

Gardens & Cooking

Melanie Parker, Program Supervisor
Mia Villanueva, Program Coordinator
1720 Oregon Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: 510-644-6710
Fax: 510-486-1275

Garden and Cooking Program

Berkeley Unified School District's Network for a Healthy California (Network) Garden and Cooking Program seeks to educate all students on the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables and getting physical activity every day. Through hands-on garden and cooking-based nutrition education classes, students learn about where their food comes from and how to cook healthy meals. Parents and students learn fun and easy ways to make healthy choices through annual school wide events such as Harvest Fairs, Farmers' Market booths, and parent cooking classes. In collaboration with Nutrition Services, the Network program promotes a Harvest of the Month program, which features monthly seasonal recipes taught in the cooking classes and offered on the school lunch menu.

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Participating Schools

Click on each school link below to read more about site-based school garden and cooking programs.

Emerson Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
LeConte Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
Malcolm X Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
Rosa Parks Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
Thousand Oaks Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
Washington Elementary	2008-09	2007-08
Willard Middle School	2008-09	2007-08
Longfellow Middle School	2008-09	2007-08
Berkeley High School Berkeley Technology Academy	2008-09	2007-08
Hopkins Preschool	2008-09	2007-08
Franklin Preschool	2008-09	2007-08
King Preschool	2008-09	2007-08

Network for a Healthy California

The mission of the Network for a Healthy California (Network) is to create innovative partnerships that empower low-income Californians to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and food security with the goal of preventing obesity and other diet-related chronic diseases.

The Network provides funding to schools with at least 50% of the students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Through the California Department of Public Health Cancer Control Branch, matching funds are provided to programs whose mission reflects the objectives of the Network.

To learn more about the Network for a Healthy California:
www.networkforahealthycalifornia.net

This material was produced by the California Department of Public Health’s Network for a Healthy California with funding from the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program). These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. In California, food stamps provide assistance to low-income households and can help buy nutritious foods for better health. For food stamp information, call 877-847-3663. For important nutrition information, visit www.cachampionsforchange.net.

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