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STUDENTS
Physical Education
& Physical Activity Environment &
Nutrition Environment & Services EMPLOYEES Engagement Family Physical COORDINATING POLICY, PROCESS, AND PRACTICE Counseling, Social & FAMILIES
Nutrition
Community
Involvement
Services
Psychological
Services
HEALTHY SAFE
CHALLENGED SUPPORTED ENGAGED
Social &
Emotional
Environment
Employee IMPROVING LEARNING AND HEALTH Health Climate
Wellness Education
Health
Services
COMMUNITY
Partnership with University of Florida Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Family Nutrition Program
(FNP)
CRUNCH Event
On Friday, October 30, 2020 in celebration of National Farm to School Month, the SFS Department partnered
with the UF/IFAS Extension FNP to host a District-wide Virtual “CRUNCH” Event to encourage students to try
locally grown produce and learn more about Florida agriculture.
Sixty-one (61) schools participated in the virtual event which included a taste test with all students crunching
sugar snap peas simultaneously during the big “1, 2, 3, CRUNCH!” The UF/IFAS Extension FNP developed a
variety of resources to help schools celebrate including an event toolkit with ideas and activities, coloring
pages (for cucumbers, sweet corns, sweet potatoes, oranges, tangerines and more), promotional materials,
social media graphics, and an educational video for students.

Overall, 40,000 packages which is 5,000 pounds of sugar snap peas were CRUNCHED! One SFS Manager
shared, “We…handed out the snap peas to the students at lunch time and a lot of the students didn’t know
what they were and were trying them for the first time. Many of the students said they liked them and would
eat them again!” - Jeannette Southard, SFS Manager at Frontier Elementary.

Education Curriculum

As part of their mission to help limited-resource families in Florida access more nutritious food choices on
a budget and adopt healthier eating and physical activity habits to reduce the risk of obesity and chronic
disease; the UF/IFAS Extension Family Nutrition Program (FNP) also offers schools evidence-based classroom
curriculum that covers topics such as the food groups, nutrition labels, and physical activity that are based on
MyPlate, and the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Curricula provided to schools include Youth Understanding MyPlate (YUM) for Elementary Schools and Youth
Understanding MyPlate Exploration Edition (YUM-EE) for Middle Schools. Schools where IFAS/FNP taught this
curriculum are:

Academy for Positive Learning K.E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary

Citrus Cove Elementary Lantana Elementary
Crosspointe Elementary Liberty Park Elementary
Diamond View Elementary Lincoln Elementary
Elbridge Gale Elementary Meadow Park Elementary
Glade View Elementary Pine Jog Elementary
Gove Elementary Pahokee Middle-Senior High
Hammock Pointe Elementary Plumosa School of the Arts
Highland Elementary Poinciana Elementary
Howell L. Watkins Middle South Grade Elementary

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