Nutrition Objective I
Increase Access to Health Promoting Foods
Featured Programs & Activities

Previously Featured

Priority Recommendation A
Assure that communities provide access to healthy foods and beverages

• Clark County Measures Healthy Food Access
  Audience:Counties and municipalities
  Scope: Statewide
  Featured:September 2011
• Partners Advance Policy to Procure Healthy Food With State Dollars
  Audience:People in state-run residences and agency staff
  Scope: Statewide
  Featured:March 2011
• Promoting Healthy Eating Environments Through Healthy Corner Store Initiatives
  Audience:Community residents
  Scope: King County, Seattle
  Featured: Winter 2010
• Public Health Activating to Improve Healthy Food Access in King County
  Audience:Community residents
  Scope: King County, Seattle
  Featured: Spring 2010
• UW Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research Network (UW NOPRN)
  Audience:Academic, public health, agriculture, and community stakeholders
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: Spring 2010
• Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: King County
  Audience:Children, families at four public housing sites
  Scope: Seattle, King County
  Featured: Autumn 2009
• Mount Vernon: Expanding Access to Healthy Local Foods
  Audience:Community residents
  Scope: Mount Vernon
  Featured: Summer 2009
• Farmers Market Wireless Technology Mini-grants Project
  Audience:Farmers Market Vendors and Customers, Basic Food recipients
  Scope: Statewide
  Featured: Summer 2009
• Garden Raised Bounty
  Audience:Food insecure individuals and families
  Scope: Olympia, Thurston County, Mason County
  Featured: Winter 2009
• Promoting Access to Healthy Foods in Rainier Valley
  Audience: Community residents
  Scope: Rainier Valley, Seattle
  Featured: Winter 2009
• Eat Local Thanksgiving Increases Awareness of Local Food Policy
  Audience: Residents, organizations, businesses, policy makers
  Scope: Puget Sound Area
  Featured: Winter 2008
  
• King County Food & Fitness Initiative
  Audience: Youth & families
  SCOPE: King County, Delridge Neighborhood, White Center
  Featured: Autumn 2007
• Creating Opportunities for Youth Involvement: Moses Lake Youth Wellness Team
  Audience:Youth involved in the Columbia Basin Job Corps
  SCOPE: Moses Lake
  Featured: Spring 2006
• Expanding Access to Farmers’ Markets
  Audience: Community residents, low income families and individuals
  Scope: Mount Vernon
  Featured: Spring 2006

Priority Recommendation B
Assure that worksites, including healthcare services and schools, provide healthful foods and beverages

• Energize Your Meetings -- Now With Lower Sodium Options

  Audience:Employers, worksite wellness coordinators
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: September 2011

• New Tool Kit Connects Food Service with Farmers

  Audience:School districts, food service planners
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: June 2011
• Worksite Wellness Strategies
  Audience:Employers, worksite wellness coordinators
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: May 2010
• Have You Energized Your Meetings Yet?
  Audience:Employers, worksite wellness coordinators
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: May 2010
• Creating a Culture of Wellness at Work
  Audience:Employers, worksite wellness coordinators
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: May 2010
• Skagit Valley Hospital: Building Connections with Local Farms
  Audience:Hospital employees, patients and visitors
  Scope: Skagit Valley Hospital
  Featured: Spring 2010
• Energizing Meetings at the Washington State Department of Health
  Audience: Employees, meeting attendees
  Scope: WA Dept. of Health and other state agencies
  Featured: Winter 2008
• Providing Healthier Vending Options in Clark County
  Audience: Community members, students, employees
  Scope: Vancouver, Clark County
  Featured: Spring 2007
• Skagit County “Farm to Healthcare” Pilot Project
  Audience: Hospitals, retirement communities, farming community
  Scope: Skagit County
  Featured: Spring 2007
• Northwest Healthy Foods Expo
  Audience:School food service directors, human resource professionals, worksite wellness coordinators, and other people responsible for institutional food purchasing
  Scope: Washington State
  Featured: Winter 2006

Priority Recommendation C
Assure that schools provide healthy foods and beverages

• Blue Earth Farms
  Audience: Children, families, small-scale farmers
  Scope: Lewis County
  Updated: Spring 2010
• ACHIEVE Healthy Menu Pilot in Peninsula District Schools
  Audience: K-12 Students
  Scope: Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula, Tacoma, Pierce County
  Updated: Autumn 2009
• Washington State Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program
  Audience: Students, local farms
  Scope: State-wide
  Updated: Winter 2009
• "Local Farms - Healthy Kids Act" Passed by Washington State Legislature
  Audience: Children, Low-income adults, local farms
  Scope: State-wide
  Updated: Spring 2008
• Apple Corps: Fostering Healthy School Environments
  Audience: Low-income youth & families
  Scope: Seattle, King County
  Featured: Winter 2008
• Healthy Student Store Marketing Challenge
  Audience: High school students
  Scope: Clark County
  Featured: Autumn 2007
• Assessing Availability of Competitive Foods in Pierce County Secondary Schools
  Audience:Middle, junior high, and high school students
  Scope:Public schools in Pierce County
  Featured: Autumn 2006
• Lincoln Elementary Healthy School Pilot
  Audience: K-6 students
  Scope: Lincoln Elementary, Mount Vernon
  Featured: Spring 2006