Transcript University Classified Staff Council Presents *Healthy Eating and

University Classified Staff Council
Presents
“Healthy Eating and Living Choices”
“Healthy Eating and Living Choices Objectives”
Welcome to the University Classified Staff Council’s Brown Bag session on
“Healthy Eating and Living Choices”
Our objectives include providing information regarding:
• Making Healthy Food Choices
• Preparing Healthy Meals
• Demonstrations on Growing your own vegetables
• Activities to promote Healthy Living
• Fitness Tips
• Make available Healthy Recipes
• Links to websites with additional recipes
• Contacts to assist you in achieving your goals
“Grow Your Own Vegetables”
“Fitness”
https://www.uth.edu/recreation-center/
“Fitness”
“Fitness”
F3 Cross Training
“Fitness”
“Healthy Meal Planning”
“Healthy Recipes”
Farm
to
Work
We bring the farmers market to you!
What We Do
• We bring pre-ordered locally and organically grown produce to the
worksite in an effort to provide more work/life balance to employees
and students while also promoting healthy eating habits.
MS Share for April 21, 2016
UT Locations
The McGovern Medical School
• Saultczy Bleu - 713-500-6004 [email protected]
• Deliveries are every Thursday from
2:00 - 3:00 pm at 6431 Fannin, MSB 7.024
UT Locations
The School of Public Health
• Jeanne Piga-Plunkett - 713-500-9346
[email protected]
• Deliveries are every Thursday from
3:00-3:45 pm on the first floor of the UTSPH Reuel A. Stallones
Building, Room 104
UT Locations
The Dental School
• Ralph Cooley - 713 486-4293 [email protected]
• Deliveries are every other Thursday from
4:15 - 5:00 pm at 7500 Cambridge St.
Plant It Forward
• A collection of farms in the Houston area.
• The farms are designed to help refugees that have landed in Houston
learn how to make a living wage through farming.
• Plant It Forward provides these farmers with a 12 month training
program for organic and sustainable farming and then teaches them
how to make a living wage selling their crops.
www.Plant-It-Forward.org
Animal Farm Center
• Located in Cat Spring, TX.
• Participates in several farmers markets in Austin and Houston.
• Supplies fresh produce to many fine Houston and Austin restaurants
including Benji’s, Georgia‘s Market, Local Foods, Haven, Revival
Market, Sorrel, Bess Bistro, Texas French Bread, Vespaio, and more!
www.AnimalFarmCenter.com
History
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DSHS) created a program
designed to get healthy local produce into the homes of Texas residents while also
helping the Texas farmers with a new revenue source.
DSHS contracted Sustainable Food Center (SFC), a non-profit organization, to
create and maintain a website to take and track the orders as well as to oversee the
day-to-day operations of the program. SFC trains the site volunteers (like me!) and
liaisons between the farmers and the volunteers. SFC's mission is to cultivate a
healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to
nutritious, affordable food. They offer a variety of gardening and cooking classes,
as well as manage Farmers Markets in the Austin area
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How the Program Works
• Sunday/Monday – The farmers update the produce list for the week based on
growth and weather predictions.
• Monday – The customers are sent an email with the list for the week and the link
to the ordering website. Payment is made by credit card only.
• Wednesday – The customers are sent a second “Last Call” email. (only for the
Med School)
• Wednesday - The website stops taking orders at noon for the current week.
• Thursday – Delivery Day!
MS Share for March 10, 2016
How much does it cost?
• McGovern Medical School - $25.00 per share.
• School of Public Health and Dental School - $20.00 per share.
• Why are they different prices? They are supplied by two different
farms that work from two different share models. Both are in line with
fair farmers market prices and provide the added value of being
delivered to you at your job site.
SPH Share for August 27, 2015
Extra Benefits
• All of the produce is grown using organic (no pesticides!) and
sustainable farming practices.
• There are no order minimums! Order as often, or as little, as you like.
• There is a trade basket available at all sites that allows you to trade out
items you may not like as much as other produce.
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Recipes Galore!!
• SFC provides several recipes for each item on their website.
• Community Website – I run a secondary website for the MS location
that contains thousands of recipes, storage and nutritional information
for each item, and offers customers a place to talk to each other and to
the farmers. The items that come from both farms are very similar so
the customers at all of the UT locations are welcome to use this site.
• If all else fails, Google is your friend.
SPH Share for July 23, 2015
Community Websites
Example of a Recipe Page
MS Share for March 24, 2016
Happy MS Customer
We are holding one full MS share
Happy MS Customer
Trade Basket
Taking off with their MS bounties!
“Thank You for Attending”