Adult Curricula

Explore curriculum developed for adults by the University of California for use in community settings.

Find additional educational resources on the Community Engagement, Garden, Physical Activity and Youth Engagement Initiative pages. Visit the main Curriculum page for additional curricula and resources serving other audiences.

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  • Fresh From the Garden

  • Fresh from the Garden targets limited resource home gardeners and their families with lessons designed to increase gardeners' knowledge of healthful eating and physical activity, while emphasizing the health benefits of a vegetable-rich diet. Lesson materials include the full curriculum, optional PowerPoints, handouts, visual aids, a full recipe book, and recipe cards.

    Language(s): English, Spanish
    Delivery Method: Single session or series
    Number of Lessons: 11
    Suggested Timeframe for Each Lesson: 60 minutes with food demonstration, 90-120 minutes with participatory cooking experience

    For Fresh From the Garden training materials, visit the Training page.

  • Healthy, Happy Families

  • Healthy, Happy Families is a curriculum that encourages parents to promote healthy eating habits in their preschool-aged children. It may also be used with pregnant and parenting teens.

    Language(s): English, Spanish
    Delivery Method: Single session or series
    Number of Lessons: 8
    Suggested Timeframe for Each Lesson: 20 minutes

    Additional Links:
    Healthy, Happy Families Parent Workbooks - English | Spanish

    For Healthy, Happy Families training materials, visit the Training page.

  • Making Every Dollar Count

  • Are you in control of your money? Or is your money in control of you? The Making Every Dollar Count (MEDC) curriculum teaches participants budgeting and food resource management skills so they can make their food dollars last to the end of the month. The curriculum consists of 8 lessons that can be taught as single sessions or a series.

    Language(s): English
    Delivery Method: Single session or series
    Number of Lessons: 8
    Suggested Timeframe for Each Lesson: 60 minutes

    Additional Links:
    Online MEDC Curriculum Lessons

  • Nutrition Spotlight Education

  • Nutrition Spotlights are mini lessons designed for use as one time workshops in settings such as social services offices and food pantries. Lesson topics include the Importance of Breakfast, MyPlate & Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Making Better Beverage Choices.

    Language(s): English
    Delivery Method: Single session or series
    Number of Lessons: 3
    Suggested Timeframe for Each Lesson: 20 minutes

  • Plan, Shop, Save & Cook

  • Plan, Shop, Save and Cook is an interactive curriculum that promotes MyPlate messaging to limited resource families. Lessons cover meal planning to include the MyPlate food groups, how to shop with a grocery list and use unit pricing to get the most for your food dollars. Food safety and preparing a healthy, low-cost recipe are also covered.

    Language(s): English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese
    Delivery Method: Series
    Number of Lessons: 4
    Suggested Timeframe for Each Lesson: 60 minutes

    For Plan, Shop, Save & Cook training materials, visit the Training page.