Resources
Web Resources
Evaluation Tools
- Fall 2012 RaVE Cooking Club Evaluation
- Cooking For Families Post Test
After School Cooking Programs
Other Community Kitchen Web Sites
- Fresh Choice Kitchens in Vancouver, BC – this site has a wealth of great information
- Australian Community Kitchens
- United Kingdom Community Kitchens
- Quebec Community Kitchens
Food Access Data
Food Sources
- Food Hub – linking producers to consumers
- City Fruit – Urban fruit gleaning
- Seasonal Cornucopia – a searchable database of local foods
- Seattle Tilth – learn to grow your own fresh vegetables, culinary herbs and fruits!
- Operation Sack Lunch - bulk goods for low income serving cooking programs
Funding
Cooking Information
- Cook Local – information on cooking with locally grown foods
- Canning Across America – information on preserving food
- Food in Jars – canning information
Food Safety
Menu Planning Tools
- Grocery lists in boxes – http://orgjunkie.com/2009/04/free-grocery-list-template.html
- Shopping and meal planning templates – http://www.momsbudget.com/printables/groceryprintables.html
- Pretty templates – http://www.theprojectgirl.com/2009/01/19/menu-planning-form-free-download/
Community Kitchen Tool Kit
- Find sample forms, outreach flyers and letters here -
- ck forms, ck forms two, ck forms three, ck forms four
- Winnipeg Cooks Together CK Handbook
- Good Food Box Handbook – This is a handbook on how to have low cost, healthy boxes of food for ck participants
- Good Food Box Manual – Complete guide to starting a good food box, from sourcing, marketing, and organizing volunteers!
Youth Resources
- King County Youth Development Network
- Street Youth Council in the University District
- The Food Project - successful youth program in Boston
- Urban Nutrition Initiative - another great program for youth in Philadelphia
- Nourish Curriculum – get ideas and inspiration
Research Articles and Links
- Fresh Choice Kitchens link to research
- School Based Health Interventions and Academic Achievement
- Insights From Evaluation of a Healthy Living Project
- Brown BJ, Hermann JR. Cooking classes increase fruit and vegetable intake and food safety behaviors in youth and adults. J Nutr Educ Behav 2005;37:104–105. | Article | PubMed | ISI |
- Diet Quality and Academic Performance
- The Role of Sound Nutrition and Physical Activity in Academic Performance
- Bring Back Home Economics Education: http://www.foodpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/Home-Ec.pdf
- The Nutrition Center of Maine: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5693/is_200903/ai_n32317810/
- Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME): feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of a pilot study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20107464
- Cooking classes outperform cooking demonstrations for college sophomores
