Food For Thought Ojai

Food For Thought Ojai FFT has developed five inter-related program components with associated curricula that integrate California State Academic Standards.

We work to promote healthy school food and nutrition, create amazing school gardens and impart agricultural and environmental literacy to the students of Ojai Unified School District Food for Thought (FFT) was organized by a group of concerned parents, educators and growers who first came together in the spring of 2002 to improve the nutritional status and food awareness of children in the Ojai

Unified School District (OUSD). With the help of our committed staff, volunteers and donors, our program has helped to address several important concerns—raising awareness of the importance of good childhood nutritional practices to avoid health-related problems like diabetes, raising awareness among our children and their parents of the integral role of agriculture in our community, and enabling children to reconnect to the land and environment that sustains them. These program components are: 1) nutrition education, 2) garden-based learning, 3) agricultural literacy through farm field trips, and 4) advocating for fresh, local, seasonal produce in all school meals. The fifth and newest component, the “5Rs” (reduce, reuse, recycle, rot and rethink!) focuses on minimizing the ecological footprint of the OUSD by minimizing landfill waste, reducing use of toxic chemicals, efforts to conserve energy and water and paper and other resources. FFT also conducts a number of free community events, including “Films for Thought”, a series of films on sustainable agriculture, food, and environmental concerns. FFT’s comprehensive program was the fourth farm-to-school program to develop in California, was one of the first to be listed as part of Slow Food USA’s “Slow Food in Schools” program and handbook, andhas served as a model for a number of other school districts. There are now hundreds of similarprograms across the United States. In 2006, FFT became a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The combined skills and expertise of its current board of fourteen directors includes farming, environmental science, education, nutrition, accounting, business, medicine, gardening, and law. To sustain our efforts, FFT relies on foundation grants, fundraising events, and individual contributions in addition to the dedication of our staff and volunteers.

Delicious!
04/07/2023

Delicious!

Thank you OUSD Nutrition Services☺️
03/06/2023

Thank you OUSD Nutrition Services☺️

We now have Venmo to make donating easier. All donations of $10 or more through September will enter you in a giveaway f...
09/14/2022

We now have Venmo to make donating easier. All donations of $10 or more through September will enter you in a giveaway for those awesome Jack Johnson tickets, and the Ohana Fund is matching up to $2,500 in donations!

Use Venmo to connect with Food For Thought Ojai () - We connect parents, educators and growers to improve the nutritional status and food awareness of children in the Ojai Unified School District (OUSD).

Stay cool friends 💚
08/31/2022

Stay cool friends 💚

*Helping Students Stay Cool and Hydrated*

As temperatures in the valley will likely climb to 100F today and throughout the week, to beat the heat ☀️ we are providing frozen popsicles and extra bottled water at our school sites. Our hydration stations provide filtered water at each school site as well, and we are encouraging students to hydrate often.

You can find us Thursdays at the Ojai Community Farmers Market. We offer many fun and enriching activities for children,...
08/12/2022

You can find us Thursdays at the Ojai Community Farmers Market. We offer many fun and enriching activities for children, similar to what we teach in the classrooms throughout Ojai Unified School District. We have been digging in compost to find worms, done some healthy meal planning, planted tomato seedlings, and done so much more. Come say hi Thursdays between 3pm-7pm in the Chaparral courtyard downtown Ojai. Ojai Community Farmers' Market Ojai Unified School District

Do you have some culinary experience and want to have your weekends and evenings free? Big changes are underway and we a...
07/19/2022

Do you have some culinary experience and want to have your weekends and evenings free? Big changes are underway and we are here to help spread the word!

Testing is on 8/2/22 @ 9am Resume Cover Letter 1-3 Letters of Recommendation

Check this out 💚
07/13/2022

Check this out 💚

Letter of Recommendations - (1-3 Current) Resume Cover Letter

Summer meal program 🙌🏼
07/05/2022

Summer meal program 🙌🏼

Rules and reminders for Farmers Market 💚
06/13/2022

Rules and reminders for Farmers Market 💚

All 2-3-4 grade students of Ojai Unified will be bringing home the final issue of Edible for Kids this week. A HUGE than...
06/04/2022

All 2-3-4 grade students of Ojai Unified will be bringing home the final issue of Edible for Kids this week. A HUGE thank you to the Ojai Valley Lions Club for funding our April and May issues!
The Edible for Kids booklets were created via a grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to Ocean View School District and Edible Ojai Ventura County. Food for Thought Ojai was able to fund the printing of additional copies as part of our Nutrition Education program this year. Fingers crossed for more of this in the future🍊🥑🍅🥕🌶 Parents! We would love to hear from you! Did you get a chance to look through these booklets? Try any games, puzzles, or recipes with your children? Please leave feedback in the comments👇👇
As a reminder we also have copies available at our booth at the Thursday Farmers market every week!

It was a pleasure to work with Prologis and Meiners Oaks PTSA on the long awaited orchard installation! It was a hot day...
05/26/2022

It was a pleasure to work with Prologis and Meiners Oaks PTSA on the long awaited orchard installation! It was a hot day, but this team was up to the task and helped to plant 32 new fruit trees to welcome “Milo’s Orchard” Thank you to our staff assisting with the organization of this project along with the wonderful parents, grandparents and community members (Dan Malloy on the tractor.)

Take a look at these beautiful scenes from our recent 5th farm field trips. Grace, Ally, and Ruby shared lessons about c...
05/25/2022

Take a look at these beautiful scenes from our recent 5th farm field trips. Grace, Ally, and Ruby shared lessons about chickens, natural dyes, the environmental footprint of our clothing choices, the water needed to grow our food and of course goats! THANK YOU Poco Farm. After a couple of years away from the farm it felt so GREAT to be back with students, teachers, and parent chaperones.

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414 E Ojai Ave
Ojai, CA
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