Share Your Favorite Resources

[Kennedy]

Welcome to the Share Your Favorite Resources thread! This is the place to post videos, toolkits, guides, or any resources that have helped you in your work, whether it’s something you wish you had known about sooner or something you think everyone should know about. There are no wrong answers! By sharing, you’ll help others and connect with peers from different backgrounds and experiences, gaining new insights and tools along the way.

[Alejandra]

Don’t forget to check out the CFHL Statewide Training Website. It’s a great go-to for all CalFresh Healthy Living implementers, offering everything from toolkits to trainings and more to help elevate your work. The resources complement the insights shared in this thread, so explore them alongside the posts here. If you’ve found a training or resource particularly helpful, share it with the group.

[Kennedy]

Here are some resources regarding weight stigma and body image, here on the PLC

Avoiding weight stigma & addressing anti-fat bias

Hi all, I am a weight-inclusive, fat-positive dietitian, and relatively new to CFHL. One big challenge I’m facing is the lack of weight-inclusive and food neutral curricula available among the state-approved curricula list. One thing I’ve found that works well is introducing weight stigma and anti-fat bias from a DEI lens. I would love to see CFHL as a whole shift from the current weight-centric model (healthy = low weight; promoting weight loss and food rules is the answer) to a weight-inclusi…

Addressing Body Image In Nutrition Education

[S2E6-wide] Tune in to the latest episode of Stocking the Pantry, titled “Addressing Body Image In Nutrition Education.” Hosts Tee and Colby chat with Jennie Altman, MS, RDN, Community Programs Manager for AZ Health Zone (Arizona’s SNAP-Ed program). In this episode, we explore strategies for addressing body image and combating anti-fat bias in SNAP-Ed programming and messaging. We discuss AZ Health Zone’s “The Language of Health” toolkit, designed to guide conversations about health, nutritio…

[Kennedy]

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing a PDF titled “Food Waste and Methane: What’s the Connection?” that explains the relationship between food waste and methane emissions. It’s a great resource for understanding how food waste contributes to climate change and why addressing this issue matters.

Feel free to share your takeaways or how this information might shape conversations or awareness efforts in your work!

[Alyson]

We are adding this to our newsletter to universities we work with in California Basecamp Log In Really looking forward to feedback from everyone. I would love to see something like this created specifically for college pantries.

[Kennedy]

Thanks for sharing this, Alyson! I appreciate you spreading the word through your university newsletter. I’m also adding a link to the document for those who don’t have Basecamp access so everyone can take a look. Looking forward to hearing everyone’s feedback!