First Lady Michelle Obama and the Agriculture Department (USDA) unveiled today a Spanish-language healthy foods initiative, as Goya Foods is promoting MiPlato — based on the USDA’s MyPlate nutritional guide — in Hispanic communities around the country.
“Everything that Goya is doing – from the MiPlato posters and pamphlets to cookbooks and recipes – center around the idea that we parents can make simple changes to help their children lead healthier lives,” the First Lady said in a USDA announcement today.
Goya has also “developed comprehensive lesson plans for 4th and 6th grade students using beans as education characters,” according to the USDA. Both MyPlate and MiPlato are part of the Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative to fight child obesity.
USDA announced that “the following Latino organizations have joined this effort” with Goya:
American Cancer Society
California Food Policy Advocates
Catholic Charities Philadelphia
Cuban American National Council (CNC)
Feeding America
San Antonio Food Bank (Feeding America)
Treasure Coast Food Bank (Feeding America)
St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance (Feeding America)
Island Harvest (Feeding America)
FIND Food Bank (Feeding America)
Florida Dietetic Association
Ferias (para Aprender/Fitness)
Girls Scouts of the USA
Help4Kidz Foundation
Hispanic Access Foundation
Hispanic Federation
La Clinica del Pueblo
LULAC and their 850 councils
National Caucus of State Elected Legislators
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – 300 affiliates
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC)
New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger
New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Pacific Southwest Conference for the Evangelical Church
Cancer Preventorium
Seventh Day Adventist Church
South Florida Center for Reducing Cancer Disparities
St. Cajetan Catholic Church/Hispanic Access
St. Camillus Catholic Church
Texas Hunger Initiative
Texas Impact
Urban Strategies
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