Health Environment Agriculture Learning Project (HEAL) is a unique, hands on, award-winning program that instills healthy lifestyle habits in elementary school children while inspiring environmental and agricultural awareness through a comprehensive, interactive curriculum.  Thanks to consistent support from Kaiser Permanente, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Hatch Parent Teacher Organization, HEAL will benefit over 600 students in the Cabrillo Unified School District in San Mateo County this year. 

Click to view study that assessed the impact of the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) nutrition curriculum on improving the nutrition and health knowledge and vegetable preferences of second grade children.  Second graders and their parents in three schools in San Mateo County participated in the study.  The Task Force provided partial funding for this study.

USDA's Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program documents how amazing things began to happen when 64,000 U.S. students had access to fruits and vegetables. 

Office of Head Start documented the success of the I Am Moving, I Am Learning: A Proactive Approach For Addressing Childhood Obesity in Head Start Children

Center for Weight and Health developed the Happy, Healthy & Well Program.  It provides information and support for adopting healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors in the child care work environment. Research has shown that staff is more likely promote healthy habits for the children and families they work with, if they have adopted these behaviors themselves.