More than 40 community members and organizations attended the Rethinking School Lunch community discussion organized in February, 2011 by ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health Innovation and EnVironmental ChangE). As a result of the community discussion, those present were energized and committed to planning and participating in a visioning process to develop a Rethinking School Lunch New Mexico initiative (RSL New Mexico). The following organizations have acted as the core committee in beginning this visioning process:

• Action Communities for Health Innovation and Environmental Change (ACHIEVE): www.achievecommunities.org
• APS Physical Activity & Nutrition Advisory Council (PANAC): www.aps.edu/schools/volunteer-at-aps/list-volunteer-opportunities
• Mid Region Council of Governments Agriculture Collaborative (MRCOG): www.localfoodnm.org
• New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger: www.endnmhunger.org
• APS Growing Gardens Team: http://growinggardensteam.wordpress.com

The RSL New Mexico committee is planning a visioning workshop for early Fall 2011. The committee has developed a community survey to collect information that will be used to help guide the visioning workshop and the overall goals of RSL New Mexico initiative. Parents, teachers, school administration, and community members are invited to complete this survey, which will take only between 5 to 15 minutes to complete.

Please click the link to start:
https://www.research.net/s/RethinkingSchoolLunchNM2011

Rethinking School Lunch is a planning and systems approach framework developed by the Center for Ecoliteracy and is based on a positive vision: healthy children ready to learn, “food literate” graduates, invigorated local communities, sustainable agriculture, and a healthy environment. RSL New Mexico is using this framework to help guide the initiative.

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

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Email: SchoolLunchNM@gmail.com
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