Cultiva La Salud

Active Living - Through Cultiva La Salud's work, schools and communities are working together to help improve physical activity opportunities by unlocking school space during the evenings and weekends for community use. Planners and developers are working with community leaders to update general plans that include health elements. City governments are adopting healthing eating, active living resolutions and proclamations. Parks and recreation departments are partnering with communities, police departments and animal controls to clean up parks and recreational spaces. Transportation departments are working to develop sidewalks, bike lanes, walking paths and other public transportation routes.

Healthy Eating - Through Cultiva La Salud's work, schools and communities are partnering together to help improve access to healthy food and beverages by establishing school farm stands, school gardens and produce stands, healthier school menu and vending options, universal school breakfast, and increasing access to free drinking water in schools.