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Sunday, June 12, 2011

We Want Your Feedback! Survey/Rethinking School Lunch NM

More than 40 community members and organizations attended the Rethinking School Lunch community discussion organized in February, 2011 by ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health Innovation and EnVironmental ChangE). As a result of the community discussion, those present were energized and committed to planning and participating in a visioning process to develop a Rethinking School Lunch New Mexico initiative (RSL New Mexico). The following organizations have acted as the core committee in beginning this visioning process:
The RSL New Mexico committee is planning a visioning workshop for early Fall 2011. The committee has developed a community survey to collect information that will be used to help guide the visioning workshop and the overall goals of RSL New Mexico initiative. Parents, teachers, school administration, and community members are invited to complete this survey, which will take only between 5 to 15 minutes to complete.

Please click the link to start:
https://www.research.net/s/RethinkingSchoolLunchNM2011



Contact Info
Email: SchoolLunchNM@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rethinking-School-Lunch-NM/171676482893254 (or search "Rethinking School Lunch NM")
Rethinking School Lunch is a planning and systems approach framework developed by the Center for Ecoliteracy and is based on a positive vision: healthy children ready to learn, “food literate” graduates, invigorated local communities, sustainable agriculture, and a healthy environment. RSL New Mexico is using this framework to help guide the initiative.

Please email us if you would like to be placed on our contact list so you can be informed about the upcoming community meeting or other developments.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

MRCOG Hosting Peds/Bikes Webinar & Conducting Survey

 

Date:     Wednesday June 15, 2011
Time:     1:00pm-2:30pm
Place:  Mid Region Council of Governments
Cost:      Free, but if you plan on attending please contact Julie Luna at jluna@mrcog-nm.gov or 505-724-3639 if you have not already done so.

Webinar from the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
 Description: This 90-minute webinar will examine three examples of retrofitting bicycle and pedestrian facilities within a constrained right-of-way: a New York street, pedestrian safety improvements to 19th/Park Presidio Blvd in San Francisco, and Nebraska Avenue in Hillsborough County, Florida.


On June 15th, Mid-Region Council of Governments will host the webinar, “Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design within a Constrained Right-of-Way.  We are also interested in hearing from you about how we can make viewing these webinars better and if you are interested in any of the upcoming July to December webinars.

To provide input on future webinars, please click on the following link and complete a short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MRCOG_Webinars

Friday, June 3, 2011

Albuquerque’s Bus System Gets High Marks in Study

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Farm to School and School Garden Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Report

Upstream Public Health, an Oregon non-profit health advocacy organization, recently released the Farm to School and School Garden Health Impact Assessment (HIA) report which reflects input from many community members and Farm to School advocates. The HIA examined the potential health impacts of Oregon state legislation (House Bill 2800) which would create a program reimbursing school districts for buying Oregon food and a competitive grant program that would fund food, agriculture and nutrition based activities. This HIA can be used as a model by other states hoping to gain the same win-win benefits like increasing economic growth in the agricultural sector and addressing childhood obesity by increasing children's fruit and vegetable consumption.
Full report and the executive summary:
http://www.upstreampublichealth.org/F2SHIA?utm_source=CFSC+Policy+Updates&utm_campaign=a5e350c84c-Policy_Update_6_2_2011&utm_medium=email