fyi... Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN Founder FGE Food & Nutrition Team 200 West 18th Street, Suite 5G New York, NY 10011 212/691-5154 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: fge2 Some links to healthy vending information. Amy Koren-Roth, MS, RD, CDN 518-402-7390 Bureau of Nutrition Risk Reduction Nutrition Policy and Health Promotion Unit 150 Broadway, 6th Floor West Albany, NY 12204 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Some of the jurisdictions we have worked with on healthy vending have found the following resources helpful in addressing these kinds of vendor-related questions: • California Department of Public Health’s Network for a Healthy California’s Vending Machine Standards document<http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cpns/Documents/Network-FV-WP-VendingMachineStandards.pdf> contains a list of “vendors offering selected healthy products” on page 3, and other helpful links. • Community Commons’ healthy vending page<http://www.communitycommons.org/features/healthy-vending-machines/> has many relevant examples and case studies. • The Bay Area Nutrition & Physical Activity Collaborative’s Healthy Vending Machine Toolkit<http://www.banpac.org/healthy_vending_machine_toolkit.htm> contains among other things a Sample lists of food<http://www.banpac.org/pdfs/healthy_vending/beverages_and_snacks_2_15_07.pdf> and Vending companies with healthy options<http://www.banpac.org/pdfs/healthy_vending/vending_companies_with_healthy_options_5-08-07.pdf>. Please note: these resources are now over 5 years old, but have still proven to be good starting places. • The National Automated Merchandising Association’s Fit Pick™ Healthy Vending Solution<http://www.fitpick.org/>. For folks who are interested in how government purchasing and vending works from a policy standpoint, here are two resources that might be of interest: Healthy Vending Guide & Model Agreement: <http://changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthier-vending-municipalities> http://changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthier-vending-municipalities What is procurement? <http://changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthy-procurement> http://changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthy-procurement ________________________________ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the NFS-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF NFS-L".
