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Farmers' Market Fruit & Salad Bar Program is a revolutionary program nationally
recognized as the leader in alternative lunches for school children. The program began in
1997 and is a collaborative effort between the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, City of Santa
Monica, Santa Monica-Malibu School District (SMMUSD)
Food Services Department and the UCLA-Occidental
Community Food Security Project. It is currently in
place at all sixteen Santa Monica-Malibu public
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As part of the program, fruits and vegetables are
purchased by SMMUSD twice a week from the Wednesday and Saturday markets a reduced cost.
The produce is prepared daily by parent volunteers for use in salad bars in SMMUSD
elementary schools. In addition, the salad bar is tied into field trips to a local Malibu
farm and gardening and composting activities at each school garden. Gardening and nutrition
education is further integrated into classroom curriculum about nutrition, health, physical
education and the environment. |
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This page was last modified on
07/17/2008
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