(Top left) CDFA Undersecretary Christine Birdsong speaks this week to the Culinary Institute of America’s Healthy Kids Collaborative annual meeting in Napa, discussing CDFA’s Farm to School Program and its creation of thriving environments for school nutrition teams, students, educators, school communities and farm communities. (Bottom) Program Manager Nick Anicich further describes how 16 regional Farm to School staff members and the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program help establish healthy eating habits that children carry into adulthood through integrated food-based education and facilitating local food procurement. (Top right) Undersecretary Birdsong and Anicich speak with Mark Linder of the Culinary Institute of America.
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