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Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN
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FGE Food & Nutrition Team
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Some links to healthy vending information.

Amy Koren-Roth, MS, RD, CDN  
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Bureau of Nutrition Risk Reduction
Nutrition Policy and Health Promotion Unit
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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 contains a list of “vendors offering selected healthy products” on page 3, and other helpful links. 

·         Community Commons’ healthy vending page has many relevant examples and case studies. 

·         The Bay Area Nutrition & Physical Activity Collaborative’s Healthy Vending Machine Toolkit contains among other things a Sample lists of food and Vending companies with healthy options. 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.



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 

What is procurement? http://changelabsolutions.org/publications/healthy-procurement 

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