Food for Thought Expo to Celebrate Local Farms, Stores, Restaurants, and Educators for National Nutrition Month
FAIRFIELD, Conn., (March 1, 2010)— Fuel for
Learning Partnership, a PTA Council Standing Committee, will sponsor the Food
for Thought Expo. Scheduled for Saturday, March 27th
from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm the expo will take place at Fairfield Warde High
School, in Fairfield Connecticut.
The expo is free and open to the public and will
feature a wide variety of vendors ready to help area residents make the best
possible choices in local produce, meats, groceries, and ready-made foods
Events to be held throughout the day include panel
discussions on the availability of local produce, backyard gardening, and
public school opportunities for promoting healthful eating and lifestyle
choices as well as children’s activities. Speakers will include author Samantha Heller, MS, RD, CDN, who will
discuss her new book, Get Smart: Samantha Heller’s Nutrition Prescription
for Boosting Brain Power and Optimizing Total Body Health, and Amie Hall,
CHHC, AADP, of From Your Inside Out, will provide cooking demonstrations that
use whole foods and locally-sourced ingredients. Participating businesses and organizations include Health in
a Hurry, Catch a Healthy Habit, Wave Hill Bread, Mrs. Greens, Green Gourmet to
Go, Bloodroot Restaurant, Jeff Borofsky’s Portable Pizza Oven, 4-H, and many others.
“It seems almost daily that we hear or read stories
about the foods we eat, many of them with bad news,” Michelle McCabe,
Chairperson of Fuel for Learning Partnership (FFLP) said. “While this expo will certainly remind
us of what to avoid, the main goal is to help us better feed our families. With the help of cooking instructors,
educators, and local businesses, visitors to the Food for Thought Expo will be
introduced to the vast range of resources available to help us all attain that
goal of healthful eating.”
The FFLP, recipient of a 2010 Adults & Children Together
grant awarded by Fairfield’s Prevention Council, encourages Fairfield County
parents, students, teachers, food service staff, and Board of Education members
to jointly pursue the common goal of serving safe, high quality, nutritional
meals to the students of Fairfield. FFLP seeks to affect positive change in how we eat by coming together as
a community to broadly educate and change eating habits through the endorsement
of sustainable eating practices.
The FFLP is hosting the expo Food for Thought Expo
as part of an on-going effort to help
educate people about their approach to nutrition, and how their approach can
overcome many of the health challenges our community faces today. “We’re all on a journey toward changing
the way we eat,” Ms. McCabe said. “That comes with a learning curve, and our focus is to help people take
ownership of their health, and the health of their children.”
For more information, contact Nancy Church, 203-259-5863, churchnj53@aol.com
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