Farmworker Nutrition Education Curricula

[Guest guest]

Hello,

To follow up on some of the discussion about nutrition and health related

curriculum targeting farmworkers, I wanted to put out the word to see if anyone

else had additional recommendations on nutrition curricula they have seen used

successfully with farmworkers.

I work with the California Institute for Rural Studies, and we are currently in

the process of finishing up an assessment of farmworker food security in Fresno

County, CA. This spring and summer, we will be doing follow-up nutrition

education workshops with farmworkers in some of the same areas where the survey

was conducted.

We are looking for any recommendations you might have on Spanish language

nutrition curricula, or ways to promote increased access to food assistance,

that have been used successfully with farmworkers. This could include actual

lesson plans, handouts, fotonovelas, etc. In addition, if you have heard of or

had experience doing educational outreach with farmworkers and have any

suggestions on effective locations or workshop styles, we would love to hear

them. We are currently working on developing lunch time lessons to be presented

on-farm. Does anyone have any experience with on-farm education programs?

For more information on the farmworker food security assessment, please see:

http://www.cirsinc.org/Current_Research_Projects.html

Thanks!

Wirth

Research Associate

California Institute for Rural Studies

cwirth@...

530-756-6555, x11

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay in responding to your question regarding on-farm education

programs. Camp Health Aide Programs in MI, IL and FL have recruited and

supported farmworkers who have done most of their education at work, either

during lunch breaks, on the bus, or even while working. If you'd like more

information, please let me know. Thank you,

Tori Booker, MSW, MPH

Associate Director

Migrant Health Promotion

224 W. Michigan Avenue

Saline, MI 48176

(734) 944-0244 - phone

(734) 944-1405 -fax

Visit our new website! www.migranthealth.org

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Subject: [ ] Farmworker Nutrition Education

Curricula

Hello,

To follow up on some of the discussion about nutrition and health related

curriculum targeting farmworkers, I wanted to put out the word to see if anyone

else had additional recommendations on nutrition curricula they have seen used

successfully with farmworkers.

I work with the California Institute for Rural Studies, and we are currently in

the process of finishing up an assessment of farmworker food security in Fresno

County, CA. This spring and summer, we will be doing follow-up nutrition

education workshops with farmworkers in some of the same areas where the survey

was conducted.

We are looking for any recommendations you might have on Spanish language

nutrition curricula, or ways to promote increased access to food assistance,

that have been used successfully with farmworkers. This could include actual

lesson plans, handouts, fotonovelas, etc. In addition, if you have heard of or

had experience doing educational outreach with farmworkers and have any

suggestions on effective locations or workshop styles, we would love to hear

them. We are currently working on developing lunch time lessons to be presented

on-farm. Does anyone have any experience with on-farm education programs?

For more information on the farmworker food security assessment, please see:

http://www.cirsinc.org/Current_Research_Projects.html

Thanks!

Wirth

Research Associate

California Institute for Rural Studies

cwirth@...

530-756-6555, x11

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