Practical tools and curricula to support healthy eating and lifelong wellness
Healthy Choices Every Day
The Nutrition Education section provides evidence-based, culturally responsive resources that help individuals and families build the knowledge and skills needed to make healthy choices every day.
This collection includes curricula, lesson plans, newsletters, recipe cards, cookbooks, and educational toolkits designed for nutrition educators, community organizations, schools, tribes, healthcare providers, and public health partners.
Whether you are leading a community nutrition class, supporting participants through health coaching, or looking for ready-to-use educational materials, this section offers practical tools that can be adapted for a variety of audiences and settings.
Explore the Resource Library:
Access nutrition education materials, curricula, and teaching tools to support healthy eating, food resource management, and nutrition security.
What You’ll Find in the Library
- Curricula and lesson plans
- Participant handouts and worksheets
- Recipe cards and cookbooks
- Seasonal newsletters and produce fact sheets
- Educational posters and campaign materials
- Traditional foods and culturally relevant nutrition resources
- Health coaching tools
- Multilingual materials
Featured Collections
Harvest of the Month
Harvest of the Month is a collection of monthly produce newsletters that encourage fruit and vegetable consumption through nutrition facts, recipes, produce tips, and physical activity messages.
Materials are available for a wide variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables and can be used in classrooms, community settings, and nutrition education programs.
Nutrition 5 Class Series
The Nutrition 5 Class Series provides structured lesson plans and participant materials for community-based nutrition education.
Topics include healthy eating, fruits and vegetables, meal planning, shopping on a budget, food safety, physical activity, and other nutrition-related behaviors.
These materials are suitable for use in community classes, healthcare settings, and public health programs.
Healthy CalFresh Initiative (HCI) Toolkit
The Healthy CalFresh Initiative Toolkit helps county agencies and community partners connect CalFresh participants with nutrition education and wellness resources.
Resources include campaign materials, posters, handouts, videos, social media templates, staff training guides, and implementation tools focused on healthy eating on a budget, gardening, and physical activity.
Materials can be customized with local contact information, QR codes, and referral resources for community implementation.
Garden to Table: Growing Goodness + Health in Early Childhood Education
This curriculum provides seasonal, hands-on nutrition and garden-based learning activities for early childhood education settings. Lessons include food exploration, gardening, cooking activities, movement, storytelling, Harvest of the Month integration, and family engagement strategies designed to support healthy eating and lifelong wellness.
Health Coaching Resources
This collection includes tools and materials used in individual and group health coaching programs.
Resources support goal setting, meal planning, nutrition education, produce prescription programs, and behavior change strategies that help participants achieve their health goals
Curricula & Lesson Plans
Structured curricula, lesson plans, activity guides, and educational materials that support nutrition education, garden-based learning, cooking skills, healthy eating, and youth engagement in community, school, healthcare, and public health settings.
| Resource | Download / View |
|---|---|
| Nutrition 5 Class Series | Download Materials |
| Toolbox for Community Educators | View Resource |
| Garden to Table: Growing Goodness + Health in Early Childhood Education | Download Curricula |
| Conducting Successful Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Promotions at Community Events | View Resource |
| PP! Fourth Grade School Ideas & Resource Kit | View Resource |
| PP! Fifth Grade School Ideas & Resource Kit | View Resource |
| PP! Community Youth Organization Idea & Resource Kit | View Resource |
Recipes, Cookbooks & Nutrition Education
Resources that promote healthy eating through recipes, cookbooks, seasonal produce education, cultural food traditions, and practical nutrition messaging.
| Resource | Download / View |
|---|---|
| Harvest of the Month Collection | View Collection |
| Flavors of my Kitchen (English) | View Cookbook |
| Flavors of my Kitchen (Spanish) | View Cookbook |
| Soulful Recipes: Building Healthy Traditions | View Cookbook |
| Traditional Roots: Honoring California Indigenous Traditional Foods, Culture, and Healthy Living | View Cookbook |
| Body & Soul: A Celebration of Healthy Eating and Living | View Resource |
| Power Play: Kids Get Cookin’! Cookbook | View Cookbook |
Healthy CalFresh Initiative Resources
Outreach and education materials that connect CalFresh participants with nutrition education and wellness resources.
| Resource | Download / View |
|---|---|
| Healthy CalFresh Initiative Campaign Guide | View Guide |
| Healthy CalFresh Initiative Campaign Materials | Download Materials |
Health Coaching & Healthy Food Rx
Resources that support community health worker-led coaching, diabetes self-management education, behavior change, goal setting, and multilingual participant support.
| Resource | Download / View |
|---|---|
| Healthy Food Rx Program | View Program |
| Health Coach Guided Discussions About Diabetes – Lesson Plans | View Lesson Plans |
| Health Coach Guided Discussions About Diabetes – Action Journal & Resources (English) | Download Journal |
| Health Coach Guided Discussions About Diabetes – Action Journal & Resources (Khmer) | Download Journal |
| Health Coach Guided Discussions About Diabetes – Action Journal & Resources (Spanish) | Download Journal |
