Popular TV host and Chef, Tyler Florence, is trying to bring fresh produce to the greater population with his #DrinkGoodDoGood campaign. Florence says that people who are concerned about food deserts, should be brave and inspire each other to do something about food insecurity. All social media users are asked to take selfies and put them on social media with the hashtag #DrinkGoodDoGood, Naked Juice will then donate 10 pounds of produce to Wholesome Wave. To learn about this movement more, read the article on Civil ...
Working on helping schools connect with farming and growing fresh foods, the National Farm to School Network (NFSN) is asking staff and all early care education schools to take a survey for feedback for future work. This survey will help NFSN with future projects in networking and advocacy for communities looking to bring local food sourcing and food and farm education to schools and pre-schools. To take the survey, click here. To learn more about NFSN, click ...
Walking to school is not always easy for some kids who live in dangerous areas or communities without complete streets and safe sidewalks. One special education teacher, Carl Schneider at Whitney Achievement Elementary School, saw that many kids were walking home alone. Wanting to make sure students got home safe, through the rough neighborhoods of Memphis, Tenn., he started a walking group in 2012 and would personally walk kids home after school. Now five teachers walk 200 students home every day. This movement towards walking together not only provides safety for students, but also daily excersise for the students and teachers ...
Halloween is a holiday where $2 million dollars is spent on candies and sweet treats! The average American also consumes two to three pounds of sugar per week. How can a parent help their kids and themselves to avoid the temptations of these sugary treats that are all around? Obesityhelp.com gives some great tips on how to cut back on the tempting treats and avoid the sugar rush for parents and kids alike. Giving reasons why it's good to avoid the sugar cravings the offer up sweet-treat replacements with fewer calories, and warn against emotional eating. To find out how to hold back the sugar monster on Halloween and the upcoming holidays, click ...
Editor's note: this is an update of a past change. View the past change at: Update: Chicago Considers State-Wide Sugary Drink Tax Mayor Emanuel listened to small businesses of Chicago, opting out on the recent proposals for a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks. The American Beverage Association (ABA) reported on September 23rd that the beverage tax will not take final vote on the budget until October 28th of 2015. The ABA states they are supporting and protecting small business owners and that the taxes will hurt middle and low-income families trying to run their small businesses. The ordinance as currently proposed does not affect sugary drinks in fast food restaurants or otherwise dispensed by fountains, only those in bottles or cans. And what about the health of middle and ...
Over 15 million American children—approximately one in five—live in households that are food insecure at least some months of the year, according to a recent article. Feeding America reports that more than one in four Latino children (29%) live in food-insecure households as compared to one in seven (15%) White, non-Hispanic children. The risk for food insecurity is even higher for Latino families. More Latino families are learning about SNAP and WIC to assist with food insecurity, but many families are still struggling to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. What can be done? Awareness is a great way to help families in need find out about resources and to help encourage those in support of food security to rise up and advocate for those in need. To learn ...
Did you know your child could consume up to 31,260 calories of unhealthy school foods and beverages in just one year! That is approximately 8.9 pounds of weight gain per year, according to a new graphic called "Food At School Parties", produced by the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living. This graphic estimates the number of foods kids eat during one school year of school parties. It gives parents, teachers, and schools a closer look into how many unhealthy snacks are being served. Revealing that if students have more than forty plus parties in a school year, they will most likely consume at least one of everything ( a cookie, pizza slice, cupcake, juice box, serving of chips, etc.) at each party. Many families are not concerned with a few school festivities here and ...
A $200,000 grant was given to the Latino Economic Development Center to help low-income Latino and Hmong farmers by providing direct training and assistance to increase land ownership, profitability, and sustainability within Minnesota and western Wisconsin. This is just one grantee of many millions of dollars that is being given to support a future of diverse farmers and ranchers through the Farm Bill. Helping socially disadvantaged, tribal and veteran farmers and ranchers, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making the healthier choice the easier choice in providing jobs for farmers and access to healthy foods for families across America. New farmers markets' provide fresh fruits and vegetables to Latinos across the nation. Helping support local farmers and ...
Since November 1st, 2014, school districts in Broward County (27.5% Latino) have been making healthy changes in regard to what is offered in vending machines and school lunches. Sodas, candy bars and the like are not allowed according to nutrition standards set in place. The new healthier snack items or competitive foods must follow at least one of these rules to be sold: At least 50 percent of grains are whole grains.
The first ingredient must be fruit, vegetables, dairy or protein.
Contain at least ¼ cup of fruit and vegetables.
Contain at least 10 percent of the recommended daily amount of calcium, potassium, vitamin D or fiber. Work is still needing to be done, according to nutrition advocates that criticise the district to still allow fundraising efforts that sell ...
