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San Mateo County certified farmers' markets

Second Harvest Food Bank of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties includes information about how individuals and families can access food, how organizations can partner with Second Harvest, how you can volunteer at the Food Bank, how you can donate and how you can run a food drive.

Preschool/Childcare Providers’ Committee of the Get Healthy San Mateo County Task Force produced a set of recommendations on nutrition and physical activity entitled Nutrition and Physical Activity for Early Childhood Ages 1-5. Available in English and Spanish.

As the first Food System Alliance in California, the San Mateo Food System Alliance has sought to bring together all the parts of the San Mateo County food system into a cohesive group capable of creating an ever healthier and more vibrant local food economy.

As Fresh As It Gets program in San Mateo County offers awards to restaurants that use local, fresh produce. It also holds ongoing events in the community. This website includes information about award recipients.

San Mateo County Produce Calendar

San Mateo County Fresh Fish Calendar

San Mateo County market/farm locations

Eating Sustainably Guide describes the food resources in the San Francisco Peninsula and the South Bay with some information on food resources in San Francisco and the East Bay. Includes information such as location of farmers' markets, organic community supported agriculture farms, organic produce delivery services, grocery stores, local organic food brands, and more.

Local Food Source Guide was created for the Palo Alto food shed. Information on where Bay area farmers' markets obtain their produce including distance from farms to markets and location of farms.

San Mateo County Breastfeeding Resources

San Mateo County Breastfeeding Services Table

Health Environment Agriculture Learning Project (HEAL) is a unique, hands on, award-winning program that instills healthy lifestyle habits in elementary school children while inspiring environmental and agricultural awareness through a comprehensive, interactive curriculum. Thanks to consistent support from Kaiser Permanente, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Hatch Parent Teacher Organization, HEAL will benefit over 600 students in the Cabrillo Unified School District in San Mateo County this year.

East Palo Alto Farmers' Market

Collective Roots posts information about events in East Palo Alto (EPA) at the EPA Charter School's Garden, and offers resources, news, a farmers' market and much more.

Get Fit EPA website has links to videos on how and where to get healthy in East Palo Alto, CA.

The mission of Starlings Volleyball Clubs USA San Mateo Chapter is to help prevent childhood obesity in vulnerable populations by addressing its two main causes, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity. The Starlings program helps minority and low-income girls ages 12 to 18 by 1) developing their athletic skills through participation in a team sport, 2) teaching them healthy eating and exercise habits, and 3) providing them with a safe haven where caring, involved adults encourage them to stay away from drugs and gangs, do well in school and go on to college.

Pacifica Gardens is a community garden site on the grounds of the former Linda Mar School. As a partnership with the City of Pacifica and the San Francisco Botanical Garden's Adult Education Program, the garden will be a demonstration center for biointensive gardening and permaculture techniques. Pacifica Gardens will be both an educational experience and a source of food and jobs for the local community.

Family Service Agency of San Mateo County has been providing quality child care that supports working families for over 30 years. Sites are located throughout San Mateo County. Each site has a similar approach applying evidence based on the best practices and the recognition that the first five years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of learning and development.

The mission of CATSMEO, the Coalition for Alternatives in Transportation, San Mateo County, is to help people in San Mateo County ensure public facilities, such as streets, sidewalks and public spaces, are designed to be Safe, Healthy, Accessible, Pleasant, and Efficient (S.H.A.P.E.) for all transportation modes.

Get Healthy San Mateo County Task Force designed the Blueprint for Prevention of Childhood Obesity: A Call to Action

Qualitative Research Findings: Focus Group and Key Informant Interviews on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in San Mateo County

Report on Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents, San Mateo County, April 2006.

The Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments designed the Environmental Nutrition and Activity Community Tool (ENACT), a concrete menu of strategies designed to help you improve nutrition and activity environments on a local level. Each ENACT strategy presents useful information based on current research and practice and includes model policies and programs, hands-on tools, articles and other publications, and resources.

Does your organization promote healthy eating and active living among youth in San Mateo County? Would you like to be listed here? If so, please email info@gethealthysmc.org with your website address and a brief description of your organization.