From haley.c.smith at state.or.us Mon Mar 3 12:57:01 2008 From: haley.c.smith at state.or.us (Oregon Fruit and Vegetable Program) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:57:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Fruitsandveggies] Promote Fruits and Veggies...At Your Worksite! Message-ID: <1101990331925.1101930275622.3.8.32155503@scheduler> Oregon Fruit and Vegetable Program Promote Fruits and Veggies... At Your Worksite! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In This Newsletter Tips Resources ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quick Links Eat Well Oregon [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckVP0-xm4xyS03BvEEhoYjNY0cHhXJwS1mkT93bs67fCwRhXFZFZnG43UW0jCebu3PQftYK9A68lKWC5eKjBscKuAqiLAKI5koTCMTqKC-s4n36-Uz-9x-TXb4fo152fYOHimuoYbZh3Tw==] Fruits and Veggies More Matters [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckVLlKk-EiHLEb3-kYgzQjcf1S9_R6HXMKL_fFzCKjocT0FGPIIGiIWnGUzDD05DIqVEbXYyzOPc_8FbYwZclmUaNkxWA4O3mYWl-lFisSiLZzg4cz6ax_tG94pZA3xh8ls=] Join the Oregon Fruits and Veggies List Serve [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckUgy16tDYM6Hn9AIzZmeoeQ0a87i5Emv2wWsR_wo1KkpRv8UBKMBcXf9omDnU_jmtWF3X2QdID4wGInrXAuRJVzz3NiEQ0G1WzTHOiYnw1quFmjI9XdugmhyqqjgO6T9DoP8ehmGKmgDg==] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Issue: 2 March/2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice At Work Most adults spend many of their waking hours at their place of employment making the worksite an excellent setting to promote fruits and veggies and healthy eating. Create a supportive workplace environment where "the healthy choice is the easy choice." Here are some strategies to promote fruits and veggies at your worksite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tips for Promoting Fruits and Veggies Create a Supportive Environment Offer fruit and vegetable snacks as a healthy alternative at meetings, trainings, events and parties. Explore the restaurants close to work and make a "go to" list of those that offer a good variety of low-fat fruits and vegetables on their menu. Have a contest to see who can eat the recommended servings of fruits and veggies all month long. Give out prizes to the winners. Educate and Inform Distribute brochures, email tips and recipes that show the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables and how to prepare healthy meals throughout the day. Contact our office for resources. Host a "Lunch and Learn" talk. Invite a guest speaker or chef and serve a fruit or veggie snack. Hold a fruit and veggie recipe swap or a contest to find the best fruit or veggie recipe or tip. Collaborate with the Cafeteria Give coupons, subsidies and/or discounts for purchasing healthy meals either at worksite cafeterias or at restaurants and stores that are located close to workplaces. Ask your company to stock vending machines with raisins, other dried fruits, individual servings of canned fruits and 100% juice. Display point of purchase signs in the cafeteria and by vending machines that provide nutritional information and encourage employees to eat more fruits and veggies. Share the Harvest Promote existing farmers markets or start a farmers market at your worksite. Arrange with local growers or produce distributors to have a box of produce delivered weekly to subscribing employees. Plant a worksite vegetable and herb garden. Have a healthy potluck featuring produce from the garden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Resources Meeting Well- A Tool for Planning Healthy Meetings and Events (American Cancer Society) [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckXLh8C6iQoi3CqIWnq7jhxzZFLoMEuInnPRvcJbiyYpPJjLtVHwwoaVblIjBlhKVxjCj3YrVo71FJ-Wun4RvnGfwXwczx_rfzFkmU4j8h7tLOHMH4jzwTLUiyp7NNfyYX9jX_zT3XB7KwSVHx8HB-LtxzjFKb0DYLJO093fYGILqgTmOtNOyOcwrmoNHXP75Xu3uCkl4Pv0PQ==] Guidelines for Offering Healthy Foods at Meetings, Seminars and Catered Events (University of Minnesota School of Public Health) [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckXt2KX0HTmD7Drdg4ax_rqqLNCiEEjnHG8U_hCfyaQrjMK6vu1m9GR-rRXKaqJDDBQR_5t_U8w2tBw0J039wt1erqDZ6bdOQaliuPOdmQhvGfi0LdunW101sXkOkp3k96I4IuK4jlT0reW9JMwaIUNX] Vending Machine Food Standards (California DHS) [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckW0Pj-6YklPkneB6K0QxT1PcPvbjwBPX1sNb4PCt6vypsK-M_7unihyEd8xVWMTzY86WtPWHvSHa7qxpBdHawAZkYrBWbqnnKwy51iObEORakOwQnnuGd8huGUbg11p9zXU5cGARBvH3vqU8Ls1XBhrz-TbP_SZqO_zov3Ld4fwYibngabb8ita] Healthy Dining Menu Guidelines (California DHS) [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckXelgzkMEoCut4MTp31yyVOKsTqCr9Som7tvNGcJTPbHJ_hEPC7yYMjq-HNxm5n5l419kQtLvzhnO2cRGJIFymdrxwRO7Oi1isnW4HHzjCRpLx_SM7GwjTWVNAzusT0IgCvfC4kRptCanFclzBn_lUYh_wEsKkgOCzlCH1McflWwI5OIdQqbBU4izRB1xohN3-Eod9NwTai9RTBAh5jQ67EEIhMeh4Q5xQPKteWmxI0-SGGFti1LIYYjAz1Nu8N3OA=] CDC Garden Market Toolkit [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckXe5p910ohhCR3-833gVFY4pRpKQApWcmn-QOsZKq1SFeXm5RHGqSxft08JVXgbFFTkp3yJAg0nSHWIPen3382mL5mbcz5pvVWAS8e0XazvrCOotfxfIKuTZUi1l98VEAcV0FtNqKD8SyFluSc6QFKAlpw2GgxZlJM1Yo6nHidRsw==] Listing of Community Supported Agriculture Programs and Farm Subscriptions [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckUq4rtGZrxE04l8mdeQms4XAhCrYgeieFyHsJBSJSRoVUaWpE4VS5paSGh5qsTY5Ee_N8lZNoRNKfQV_-ZFDnG85UnlF9myzNQ_sDR8Cc5j6T06wXCE7IaC] Oregon Farmers' Markets Association [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AZ_j87bnckVem9DDLf8v0gYyONFcKyqpZ4yrvwN0NGEntIOfzIRp0HhVGDWOzHMMjONA3Tccsgox3TPaHfSLxr3Y6s8Myu6SC88bLxJPCR9q7IGvKMA-xkXy1kg76KBL] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share Your Story Do you have a new idea for promoting fruits and vegetables at the worksite or a worksite success story you would like to share? 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