Annual Conference
Conference Session
2019-11-10
"Farm to School and Student Leadership with High School Students"Key Areas: Nutrition
Session: Session E - Saturday, November 09th: 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
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Speaker(s): Ali Villegas - Nutrition Educator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
Anna Litz - Farm Manager and Garden Educator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
Anna Jackson - Farm to School Coordinator, OUHSD Farm to School Program
Objectives: Participants will learn how student leadership development has been linked to increase participation in the school meal program. The OUHSD Farm to School Program will share our program model and how we provide nutrition education and garden-based learning to students at 8 high schools.
Description: The OUHSD Farm to School Program began in 2016 and serves thousands of students each year throughout Oxnard Union High School District. Student leadership, garden-based experiential learning models, nutrition education programs, school wellness programs, and community-building are strategies that have contributed to our overall program success. We maintain 11 school gardens and coordinate with numerous student groups within eight high schools, develop curriculum for teachers to integrate Farm to School programming within their classrooms, facilitate students with opportunities to give feedback to the cafeteria and contribute to recipe development, educate students about careers in local agriculture, and much more!
Speaker Bio(s):
Ali Villegas - OUHSD Farm to School Program
Speaker Bio:
Ali Villegas is in the process of completing the Registered Dietician program and has nearly a decade of experience as a Dietetic Technician in hospitals. She began her career with degrees in Culinary Nutrition and Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales. Her passion for great tasting food and nutrition has led her to develop an engaging and effective Nutrition Education program in OUHSD's Farm to School Program.
Anna Litz - OUHSD Farm to School Program
Speaker Bio:
Anna Litz has a background in organic farming and outdoor education , and a passion for nature and our food system that began when she was a child. She earned her BA in Environmental Science from Cal Lutheran University and worked with the SEED Program- the University's organic farm project. She currently manages OUHSD's many school gardens and farms as well as develops curriculum for teachers to incorporate the gardens as learning labs.
Anna Jackson - OUHSD Farm to School Program
Speaker Bio:
Anna Jackson is a third-generation alumni of OUHSD and has a family full of farmers. She has a Masters in Public Policy from USC and a BA in Political Science and Global Studies from UCSB. She has a broad background including program development and evaluation in the private and nonprofit sectors, community organizing, program management in healthcare and higher education. She has raised funds and obtained grants to begin and continue the OUHSD Farm to School Program since 2016.
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