Welcome to the SCNAC Website

We strive to create innovative partnerships so that low-income Californians in the north state are enabled to adopt healthy eating and physical activity patterns as part of a healthy lifestyle

SCNAC is one of the many grant funded programs within the Center For Nutrition & Activity Promotion (CNAP) at California State University, Chico. For more information about SCNAC click here.

What's New

Four Winds Growing Garden (for story click here.)

Orland's Working On Wellness Success!

	Orland High School finished their 6-week Working On Wellness program with increased awareness and a healthy banana split party. The program included a friendly student and staff competition for “healthy” points and mini-nutrition education lessons. For the full ChicoER article click here.
Picture from Enterprise Record

Last Mission Nutrition Performance of School Year!

The Chico High ACT team is presenting Friday, May 16th (10:00am) at Olive Elementary in Corning! If you haven't seen them yet, now is the time!

Farmer of the Month

The Farmer of the Month is an educational piece that compliments the Harvest of the Month program. We highlight a local farmer who grows the selected fruit or vegetable featured that month to help children understand how their food travels gets from the farm to their table. To read more click here .

“In light of the obesity and diabetes epidemics, efforts to promote healthy lifestyles are critically needed. Building a strong future starts today.”

Cindy Wolff, MPA, PhD, RD
SCNAC Director
View Dr.Wolff’s bio here

The Network seeks to increase California’s consumption of fruits and vegetables to the recommended amount and increase daily physical activity to at least 30 minutes for adults and 60 minutes for children.

This material was funded by USDA's Food Stamp Program through the California Department of Public Health's Network for a Healthy California. These institutions are equal opportunity providers and employers. The Food Stamp Program provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. For information on the Food Stamp Program, call 1-888-328-3483.

The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this website is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by Sierra cascade Nutrition & Activity Consortium (SCNAC), California Nutrition Network, the United States Department of Agriculture or the Agricultural Research Service of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. Copyright © 2006 Sierra Cascade Nutrition and Activity Consortium.

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