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Nude Food Dayin Childcare

BEFORE THE DAY

Choose a day in nutrition week (10-16 October 2010) to hold your • ‘Nude Food Day’Place posters around the facility promoting the day•Provide letter to parents explaining the day (see template letter)•Provide “Rubbish Free Food Tips” in newsletter •Complete a rubbish audit of a normal day (complete form) •

ON THE DAY

Complete a rubbish audit on ‘Nude Food Day” (complete form) •

AFTER THE DAY

How did your facility go? Compare the amount of rubbish on a normal day to the amount of •rubbish on the ‘Nude Food Day’ (complete form and poster)

NUDE FOOD DAY FORMS & TEMPLATES

Nude food ideas•Promotion posters•Letter to parents•Newsletter tips•Rubbish audit form•How did you go poster and newsletter article•

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Nude Food Dayin Childcare Facilities

BEFORE THE DAY

Step 1: Choose a day in Nutrition Week (10th–16th Oct 2010) to hold your • ‘Nude Food Day’

Step 2: Promote your • ‘Nude Food Day’ to parents and childrenEdit the • ‘Nude Food Day Promotional Poster’ found in the Nutrition Week Kit with your facilities details and display around your facility to promote the dayEdit the • ‘Letter to Parents’ found in the Nutrition Week Kit with your facility’s detailsSend edited letter to parents to promote and inform them of the upcoming • ‘Nude Food Day’ and to provide them with ideas and suggestions on how to pack a rubbish free lunch for their childrenInclude a number of • ‘Newsletter articles’ found in the Nutrition Week Kit, in your newsletters leading up to the rubbish free dayDistribute any of the 7 • ‘Nutrition Week Fact Sheets’ to parents

Step 3: Use the • ‘Rubbish Audit’ found in the Nutrition Week Kit to complete a rubbish audit of a normal day at your facility

ON THE DAY

Step 4 : Use the • ‘Rubbish Audit’ found in the Nutrition Week Kit to complete a rubbish audit on your ‘Nude Food Day’

AFTER THE DAY

Step 5: Use the • ‘Rubbish Audit’ in the Nutrition Week Kit to compare the amount of rubbish you noted on a normal day versus the amount of rubbish noted on your ‘Nude Food Day’

Step 6: Use the• ‘How did you go?’ poster to promote the results of your ‘Nude Food Day’. Display poster around your facility•

Step 7: Use the ‘Thank you newsletter article’ as a guide to thank parents for participating in the day and to encourage them to continue to send in rubbish free lunches as much as possible.

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Nude Food DayRubbish Audit

Non Recyclable Packaging

Non Recyclable Packaging

Non Recyclable Packaging

Total Rubbish

Recyclable Packaging

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Nude Food DayLetter to Parents

Date

Dear parent,

As part of Nutrition Week 2010 “Healthy Food Healthy Planet”, our childcare facility, ,

is participating in a Nude Food Day to encourage healthy food choices that are less processed and packaged.

Our Nude Food Day will be held on

On this day we encourage you to send in healthy food for your children with as little processing and packaging

as you can.

Highlyprocessedandpackagedfoodscanhaveasignificantnegativeimpactonourhealthandthehealthof

the environment. Food processing can result in removing nutrients from and adding kilojoules to the foods we

eat. These processes may use large amounts of energy and water, thereby contributing to global warming and

airpollution.Inaddition,packagingifnotrecyclediscontributingtolandfillandpollutingourplanet.

Choosing whole fresh food with little processing and packaging is good for the environment and is also the

best choice for our health.

Food with no packaging:Banana

Kiwi FruitOrange

Boiled eggAppleCarrotBeans

Snow Peas

Food in small reusable containers:Yoghurt

Fruit SaladCheese Cubes

Vegetable sticks with dipSandwiches or Salads

Wholegrain crackers with cheese slicesPlain/fruit/savoury scones or pikeletsHomemadesavouryorfruitmuffins

Pasta or rice dishesSoup in a thermos

is committed to ensuring good health for our children and for our planet. We hope

our ‘Nude Food Day’ encourages a sustained healthy and environmentally friendly change to our children’s

lunches and for their future.

We appreciate your support and involvement on this day. If you have any questions or require any further

information please contact on .

Kind regards,

Facility Name

Day Date

Here are some healthy rubbish free food ideas:

Facility Name

Name Phone Number

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Newsletter Article #1Buying Local

Where our food comes from and how it is produced has gained increasing attention from consumers, media, retailers, and government. The food supply chain is a complex thing, needing a balance between:havingenoughnutritiousfoodavailableforeveryone;promotingthehealthbenefitsofeating seasonal vegetables and fruit; storing and preparing food to get the best value for health; and looking after the environment during food production and transport.

At any time that food is stored whether during transportation, at your local shop, or at home, fresh produce can lose some nutrients, particularly vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and E. The fresher the produce the higher the nutrient content. If you have bought fresh vegetables and fruit, remember to store them carefully at home. Bruising and wilting of vegetables and fruit can also lead to loss of important nutrients. For information about the best way to store vegetables and fruit see the following websites:1 www.freshforkids.com.au/storing_food/storing_food.htmlwww.marketfresh.com.au/Purchasing_tips.asp www.extrafresh.com.au/faqs.php

Purchasing local produce is a great way to reduce food miles, while supporting local farmers. Storage times are reduced meaning that food is usually of a higher nutritional quality.

http://www.farmersmarkets.org.au/

Tips for Buying Local:Read labels or ask where produce has come from - choose products that are locally • produced where possibleIf possible find greengrocers, butchers and seafood shops that sell local food• Choose ‘in season’ produce - it is more likely • to be produced locally, is freshest and tastiest and available at the best priceGrow your own or get involved with a • community garden – you can’t get any more local than your own backyard! Shop at farmers markets – food is often • cheaper and you can often talk to the farmer who grew the produceOrder farm fresh produce packs online - delivery to your door•

Store vegetables and fruit carefully at home to ensure their best value for health. •

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Newsletter Article #2Processing and Packaging

Food is processed and packaged to prevent contamination, extend its shelf life, and to maintain flavour.However,thiscanhaveasignificantimpactonourhealthandthehealthoftheenvironment.

Large amounts of energy are needed to produce packaging for processed foods. It takes approximately 1,023Cals to produce one glass jar, and 2,159Cals to produce one plastic milk container. Recycling one glass bottle produces 50% less water pollution and 20% less air pollution than making a new bottle from raw materials. It also saves enough energy to run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours.

Foods that require a lot of energy to be produced include:

Snack foods with aluminium lined packaging•

Any over packaged, individually wrapped foods such as lollies or biscuits•

Foods that require less energy for production include:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods•

Fresh fruit and vegetables•

Locally produced food•

Bulk food with minimal packing per item (this is appropriate only if the food is needed • and won’t be wasted)

Food in recyclable packaging•

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Nude Food DayNewsletter Articles

Newsletter Article #3Recycling

Recycling Bin Tips:Don’t wrap your recycling waste in a plastic bag prior to putting it in a recycling bin. Plastic • bags cannot be opened, due to safety reasons, and all of your recycling will go to waste To make home recycling easy, organise smaller separate bins for your kitchen and separate • recycling and non–recycling You don’t need to remove labels from recycling waste. This is done at the council recycling • plant once collected If you remove bottle tops and lids from bottles and jars, it will help items compact better in • your bin and help the recycling plant to separate the different materialsTo make the most of your bin space and of the garbage collection truck, crush and squash all • plastic bottles, containers and cardboard boxes before putting them in your recycling bin

PAPER

What items can be placed in your recycling bin?

PLASTIC CARDBOARD METALS GLASS

YESRECYCLE

NOCANNOTRECYCLE

NewspaperJunk MailWrapping PaperMagazinesPhone BooksGreeting CardsPaper Bags

Padded EnvelopesTissue PaperThermal Fax Paper

Soft Drink, Milk & Juice bottlesTake Away & Margarine ContainersYoghurt Tubs

Plastic BagsStyrofoamElastic BandsStrawsPlastic FilmDisposable NappiesBubble Wrap

Cardboard BoxesMilk & Juice CartonsPizza BoxesTissue Boxes

Waxed Cardboard

Steel Food TinsPie TinsPaint Cans (without paint)Aluminium CansAerosol CansClean Kitchen Foil

Gas BottlesWireScrap IronCutleryWhite Goods

Glass BottlesGlass Jars

Drinking GlassesCeramicsWindow GlassLight BulbsMirror Glass

Food with no packaging:Banana, Kiwi Fruit, Orange, Boiled egg, Apple, Carrot,

Beans, Snow Peas

Food in small reusable containers:Yoghurt, Fruit Salad, Cheese Cubes, Vegetable sticks with dip, Sandwiches or Salads, Wholegrain crackers

with cheese slices, Plain/fruit/savoury scones or pikelets,Homemadesavouryorfruitmuffins,Pastaor

rice dishes, Soup in a thermos

Here are some healthy rubbish free food ideas:

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Thank you parents for participating in our Nude Food Day held on it was a big success! By making a conscious effort to bring in healthy, rubbish free food we saw dramatic changes in our rubbish levels

Congratulations on this great effort to improve the health of our children and the health of our plant. We hope our Nude Food Day encourages a healthy and environmentally friendly change to our children’s lunches that continues.

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Nude Food DayThank You For Participating

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