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Food Literacy Center
We inspire kids to eat their vegetables.
We teach low-income elementary children cooking and nutrition to improve our health, community and environment.
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Our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables
We teach children in low-income elementary schools cooking, nutrition, gardening, and active play to improve our health, environment, and economy.

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COVID has Changed Us
Letter from the CEO

Veggie Recipe Kit distribution

2020 has challenged us all. COVID has closed schools. For me, it has renewed the reasons I started Food Literacy Center in the first place. I began this work because our existing food system does not benefit everyone equally. It causes real harm and disease to the most vulnerable. I have always believed that we can change that. I know that’s why you’re here, too. Our work is more critical than ever.

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Food Literati Members Bring Citrus Smiles to Kids
This is an example of what your generous donation towards our mission supports.

$25 $50 $186 $500 $1500
$25

Inspires a kid to taste a new veggie (attitude change).

$50

Inspires a kid to make a new recipe & learn knife skills (knowledge change).

$186

Gives a kid one year of tasting, cooking, and eating new fruits and vegetables.

$500

Empowers a kid to ask an adult for fruits and vegetables to eat outside of food literacy class.

$1,500

Helps build mission capacity to continue scaling and reach more kids.

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Why we’re needed

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Our goal

We have successfully reached 16 schools this year, and with your help we can continue our mission & reach more kids throughout Sacramento.

What kids have learned

How to identify a healthy veggie.
YES, healthy snacks taste good!
How to make a healthy snack and read a recipe.

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Food Literacy Hero
Rick Mahan with a Food Literacy Center kid

Rick Mahan

Food Literacy Center is extremely fortunate to have the ardent support of one of Sacramento’s premier chefs, Rick Mahan, chef/owner of restaurants OneSpeed and The Waterboy. Over the years, Rick and his chefs have participated in many Food Literacy Center events, including this year’s Broccoli HQ Night during the Sacramento Food Film Festival, and his restaurants were one of our first donate to help us expand our program to more schools. Food Literacy Center is peach proud to present an invisible cape to our latest superhero Rick Mahan!

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Our school programs

We teach weekly after-school programs in the Sacramento area and help kids develop healthy habits while they are young.

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Food Literacy Academy

Join fellow healthy food ambassadors in our community and help bring food literacy education to local schools.

Healthy tips & recipes

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Veggie Fresh Rolls with Dipping Sauces

Recipe Food Literacy Center
Dreid Beans

Dried Beans

Recipe Food Literacy Center
Ranch Popcorn

Ranch Popcorn Seasoning

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Beet Hummus

Recipe Food Literacy Center
Veggie Tostada

Veggie Tostadas

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Vegetable Spring Rolls with Brown Rice & Mushrooms

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Springtime Ants on a Log

Recipe Amber K. Stott

Lemon Dill Green Popcorn

Recipe Jillena Hernández

Fiery Chinese Green Beans

Recipe Heather Teoh of Eat the Wind

Huevos Rancheros

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Peruvian Green Dip

Recipe Heather Teoh of Eat the Wind

Chicken & Vegetable Steamed Wontons

Recipe

Orange Honey Dessert

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Homemade “Fast Food” Bean Burrito

Recipe Heather Teoh of Eat the Wind

Curried Chicken Salad

Recipe Food Literacy Center

Sunflower Seed Butter & Seasonal Fruit Sandwich

Recipe Food Literacy Center
Guacamole

Guacamole

Recipe Heather Teoh of Eat the Wind

Vegetarian Thai Coconut Soup

Recipe Amber K. Stott

Fast Enchilada Sauce

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New Cooking School – Video

New Cooking School – Video

School is getting healthier for Sacramento kids! Food Literacy Center shares plans for our new cooking school, which broke ground yesterday. Check out drone footage of the future site, architectural drawings, and hear about our founder & CEO’s vision.

Support our FREE food literacy classes by donating today.

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