Aqua Terra Culinary Expands Aqua Terra kids! Fun, Fresh, Flavorful School Lunch Programs To Four Schools In Monterey County

Just Announced: Aqua Terra Culinary has expanded Aqua Terra kids! to four schools in Monterey County. Also Aqua Terra also recently hired Susan Castello as the Manger of the kids! End Quote

Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) September 15, 2011 - Aqua Terra Culinary announced today that the company has expanded Aqua Terra kids! to four schools in Monterey County. The program is entering its second year at Stevenson Lower School in Carmel, launched its first year at Bay View Academy Charter School in Monterey, and is also piloting the program in two Pacific Grove Unified Schools. Aqua Terra kids! is dedicated to providing nutritious, delicious school lunches that will inspire a lifetime of making good dietary choices.

With a focus on fresh, locally sourced ingredients served in re-useable containers, the kids! lunch program strives to prevent food-related health problems as well as support a sustainable, green environment. It also offloads the burden of preparing and packaging these lunches from parents who want to do the right thing but are pressed for time. Aqua Terra kids! handles the daily planning, shopping and cooking for the child's school lunch. Ordering on-line is quick and easy; each school that participates will have a custom web address for parents to enroll their child into the Aqua Terra Kids school lunch program.

"The goal is to help parents conveniently give their school-age children a tasty and nutritious lunch, while promoting healthy eating for life" said Owner Dory Ford. "Lunches are made to order daily, each meal features fresh ingredients that taste good and are fun to eat. Behind the flavor and fun is a perfectly balanced meal, developed to exceed federal nutritional guidelines, that are low in sugar, salt and saturated fats and free of high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, additives, preservatives, artificial colors and flavors, while maximizing use of local, farm fresh ingredients."

Aqua Terra also recently hired Susan Castello as the Manger of the kids! program. Castello has more than seven years of experience working in restaurants, and prior to joining Aqua Terra, she worked as a biology and health teacher in a New York City public school for four years. Through her years in the restaurant industry and working for the public school system, Castello understands the importance of providing students with healthy and wholesome foods.

"My goal is for people to see a clear connection between the food that they eat and the health of their life in a very broad sense," said Castello. "This starts with introducing families, especially young children, to healthy and wholesome foods that are tasty and attractive. The next piece is the education component. We need to focus on how our food decisions impact nutrition and health, local agriculture, the environment, and our community and culture."

Castello plans to expand Aqua Terra kids! to a community endeavor. The goal is to involve and invest students, families, and community members in the idea that caring about what they eat will lead to an overall healthier life- a healthy body, a healthy mind, healthy relationships and community, and a healthy environment.

Castello's main goal is to work with schools to teach lessons about food. Castello would like to become a regular guest teacher at the schools that Aqua Terra kids! works with to develop a curriculum that staff members can use to incorporate food lessons into everyday learning. Ideally the students would become more involved with menu planning, promoting health and wellness, and being role models for a healthy lifestyle.

Background on Aqua Terra Catering, Consulting, Event Planning:
Each Aqua Terra clients menu is custom developed to match their own lifestyle, personality and cultural need. Aqua Terra provides its guests with everything from intimate private dining experiences to cocktail parties and receptions, to custom tailored solutions for all culinary needs. Passionate about the ingredients he chooses and about the process of transforming those ingredients into memorable dishes, Chef/Owner Dory Ford brings his love for food and wine that stimulates Aqua Terra customer's minds and palates.

For more information about Aqua Terra call (831) 917-6502. Become a Fan of Aqua Terra Events and Consulting today on Facebook. Visit us at www.aquaterraculinary.com.

Marci Bracco (831) 747-7455

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