Healthy Shasta to Launch Summer FARM Club ~ At the Redding Saturday and Burney Farmers Markets
For more questions or more information contact: Sara Sundquist, Healthy Shasta Coordinator, (530) 945-8598
Get ready for FARM Club! FARM Club allows kids to choose their own fruits and vegetables to promote healthy eating. Meet us at Healthy Shasta’s booth at the Saturday Redding Farmers’ Market, 777 Cypress Ave, 7:30 am – Noon, through June 24. In July, FARM Club moves up the mountain to the Wednesday Burney Market from July 5 – August 2, 3:00 – 6:00 pm. Parents with kids 3 to 15 years old can sign them up to receive FREE tokens worth $4.00 toward purchase of fruits, vegetables, or food producing plants.
FARM Club encourages kids to make healthier decisions about what to eat by giving them access to more produce. After children are given the tokens, they are excited to come back to the Healthy Shasta booth and share what they bought. “Last season a child chose a small cabbage. His mother came back to tell us he munched on that cabbage, and it was gone by the time he got home,” reports Sara Sundquist, Healthy Shasta Coordinator.
Healthy Shasta coordinates FARM Club with the Shasta Growers Association, which includes markets in Anderson, Burney, and several in Redding. EBT is accepted at all certified Shasta County markets. For a listing of certified Shasta County markets, a schedule of Chef at the Market with live food demos and tastings, and a live music schedule visit www.reddingfarmersmarkets.com. For additional markets in Shasta County and the new Local Farm and Local Food Vendor Listing visit www.healthyshasta.org
Healthy Shasta is a collaborative committed to making healthy eating and physical activity choices easier where you live, work, and play. Visit www.healthyshasta.org for more information.
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