Healthy Eating
Eating healthy isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it. Healthy eating habits do much more than decrease your risk of chronic diseases. Eating a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables is key to feeling and looking your best. Whenever possible, eating fresh, in season fruits and vegetables is ideal.
Introduce your family to fresh, local produce by visiting a farmers’ market or the Happy Valley Farm Trail. In Shasta County we have a number of great farmers’ markets that operate during the summer months and the Redding Saturday Market runs through December. Stop by a farmers’ market or explore the Happy Valley Farm Trail to see what’s available throughout the year!
Shasta County Farmers' Marketstop ↑
The Shasta Growers Association operates a number of seasonal farmers’ markets to provide produce and other food that is fresh, locally grown, and often organic. Be sure to note the months and hours of operation for each market.
Redding Certified Farmers’ Market
Saturday, 7:30-noon, April-December
777 Cypress Avenue @ Civic Center Drive, next to City Hall, Redding
Contact: Shasta Growers Association, 226-7100- Sunday Market at Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Sunday, 9:30–2 pm, July–October
Turtle Bay Parking Lot, Redding
Contact: Shasta Grower’s Association, 226-7100 
Tuesday Morning Redding Certified Farmers’ Market
Tuesday, 7:30-noon, July-October
1700 block of Churn Creek Road @ Dairy Queen, Redding
Contact: Shasta Growers Association, 226-7100- Burney Certified Farmers’ Market
Wednesday, 3-6pm, July-October
37288 Main Street @ Ben Franklin Parking Lot, Burney
Contact: Shasta Growers Association, 226-7100 
MarketFest Redding Certified Farmers’ Market
Thursday, 4:30-8:30pm, June-Sept
Placer Street, between California & Oregon Street, Redding
Contact: Shasta Growers Association, 226-7100- Anderson Certified Farmers’ Market
Thursday, 7:30–noon, July-October
Shasta District Fairgrounds, Anderson
Contact: Shasta Growers Association, 226-7100
Happy Valley Farm Trailtop ↑
The Happy Valley Farm Trail consists of a group of farmers and ranchers who live in the community of Happy Valley located just ten miles south of Redding. The Farm Trail offers produce, poultry, eggs, meat, nursery stock, handmade soaps, and more.
See the member list and map for detailed information regarding product availability and hours of operation. To ensure quality service, please call before visiting.
For a copy of the Happy Valley Farm Trail brochure (which includes the member list and map), stop by or contact any of the following:
- Any Farm Trail member
- Anderson Welcome Center: 1699 Hwy 273, Anderson (at the Factory Outlets)
- Enterprise Health Food: 1380 Hartnell Avenue, Redding
- Orchard Nutrition: 221 Locust Street, Redding
- Redding Convention &Visitors Bureau: 777 Auditorium Drive, Redding (just off Hwy 44, by the Convention Center)
- Anderson Partnership for Healthy Children: 378-6060 (call to have one mailed)
- Anderson Regional Office of Shasta County Public Health: 2889 East Center Street, Anderson, or call 229-8200 to have one mailed
Organic Produce Deliverytop ↑
Looking for a convenient way to include more fruits and vegetables in your day? Two local businesses will deliver organic produce right to your home or work. Having the fruits and vegetables at your fingertips is one more way to help the healthy choice become the easy choice!
Churn Creek Meadow Organic Farm Website
Country Organics Website
Healthy Eating Resources for Parents &Teacherstop ↑
- What is a “Healthy” Food? (PDF 1MB)
- Enjoy a Healthy Lifestyle (PDF 984kb)
- Straight A’s with a Healthy Breakfast (PDF 196kb)
- Alternatives to Using Food as a Reward (PDF 136kb)
- Non-food Rewards for Classroom (PDF 196kb)
- School Vending &Snack Bars (PDF 244kb)
- Healthy Snacks for Home and Classroom (PDF 52kb)
- Healthy Snacks for Children (PDF 16kb)
- Healthy Celebrations (PDF 620kb)
- Creative Fundraising (PDF 204kb)
- Healthy Fundraising (PDF 644kb)
- Nutrition Education Resources (PDF 116kb)
For more information on nutrition and healthy eating, check out these great sites:top ↑
- CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Fruit & Veggies – More Matters
- Harvard School of Public Health – The Nutrition Source
- Kids Health
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- California Project Lean
- California Project Lean Teen Site
- 5 A Day for Better Health
- Harvest of the Month
- California Department of Health Services – Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section
Healthy Beginnings is a preschool nutrition and physical activity program. It focuses on building good nutrition and physical activity habits to give children a great start on having a healthy life. For more information call 530-229-8465 or email mpuckett@co.shasta.ca.us.
The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this page is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Agricultural Research Service of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable.
