FISH Connection Lessons are available for free to community agencies with clientele that qualify for Food Stamps, WIC, or Head Start programs.  A series of four one hour lessons is given with handouts, activities, and a final food demonstration and tasting.  For more information or to schedule a class at your site call our Nutrition Educator, Tess Shiner, 530-666-8702.   

     "Fish play an important part of the diets of many Californians, especially communities where families subsist on fish caught in local water bodies.  While fish are an excellent source of protein and other nutrients, exposure to chemicals that can be found in fish poses a significant health concern.  This is especially true for pregnant and breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age, and children and teens. Federal, state, and local agencies have issued health advisories that recommend limiting or avoiding consumption of those fish known to be high in mercury and other chemicals"  CA Dept. of Health Services, 2005.