Locally sourced solutions to food access challenges!
Bea Zuluaga
A lover of food and travel!
Community organizer and entrepreneur dedicated to improving access to high quality, locally sourced food for all children and their families, she has spent the last 30 years working on food security and social equity in the Washington DC metropolitan area and around the world. From a large traditional Colombian family, Bea appreciates and celebrates the opportunity to work with so many communities in her bilingual capacity.
What we can do together:
Educational Centers
🌱 Launch or upgrade fiscally sound meal programs under USDA regulations
🌱 Bring salad bars to your place; create menus using local produce
🌱 Train personnel in nutrition, regulations and best practices
Organizations
🌱 Create food networks with local farmers and vendors to enhance your current program or implement a new one
🌱 Provide cooking classes and tastings to promote healthy lifestyles
Individuals
🌱 Coach you to incorporate more local and whole foods into your diet
🌱 Individualized gastronomic experience for you and your friends
🌱 Provide consultation on food/menu to assist you with hosting an event
Let’s implement a step-by-step program for your unique community.
How I can help you:
Advisor: To the Office of the State Superintendent of Education on the Healthy Tots Act and related legislation promoting the consumption of local produce and nutrition education programs in Washington, DC schools.
Step by Step Implementor: Experience in managing large budgets in educational establishments and her knowledge of USDA food regulation compliance to bear by launching NiaCentral Catering, a for-profit catering company dedicated to providing fresh meals for children in Early Childhood Centers and Elementary Schools.
PRESS
“They have a chef who cares deeply about what she is doing and how she is feeding the kids and the quality of the food; and that information is used to educate the families”
Variety and Consistency are the Pillars to CentroNía’s “Eat Healthy, Live Healthy" Program Posted by Bea Zuluaga, Food and Nutrition Director, CentroNía October 13, 2014
DCCK partners with DC nonprofit CentroNía June 22, 2016 Janelle Mackereth
CentroNia Inspires Children to Make Healthy Choices. HEALTHY KIDS, HEALTHY FUTURE December 10, 2015
Bea Zuluaga presenting at the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2018
