An urban garden designed to teach kids about nutrition and how to grow, cook and market their own food is being developed in the Parkland neighborhood in western Louisville.
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer joined Mayor Greg Fischer and Metro Councilwoman Attica Scott, D-1st District, in breaking ground in early July 2014 for the garden project, called the Seed to Sale initiative, near the Parkland Boys and Girls Club in the 3200 block of Greenwood Avenue.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture will oversee the garden project in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana, Louisville Grows, and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. Read more about the ...
In September 2012, Supervisor Eric Mar introduced legislation to establish a Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program, to be administered by the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development. The proposal takes aim at a long-standing challenge in San Francisco to ensure there are an adequate number of grocery stores, especially in low-income neighborhoods. The legislation focuses attention on promoting and assisting stores that meet the criteria of being a “healthy food retailer.” The criteria include that at least 35 percent of the selling area contain fresh produce and no more than 20 percent of the area have tobacco or alcohol for sale. The program would analyze what areas are most in need of healthier food choices and figure out how to attract purveyors to ...
Unique partnerships are bringing healthy lifestyle resources to families of central Florida, according to a recent blog post from the YMCA. As stated in the blog post, at least four YMCA facilities in the area will be seeing improvements thanks to generous donations from local businesses and partnerships with health groups. Local businessman Frank De Luca donated $1 million to the YMCA (Y) in Marion county and the Munroe Regional Medical Center has agreed to partner with the Y to expand wellness programs to over 40,000 residents in the area. Additional partnerships in central Florida with the Florida Hospital, Orlando Health, and the West Orange Healthcare District will also help to increase the number of health and wellness programs offered to residents in Winter Garden, ...
In areas without easy access to fresh, affordable food, local corner stores can help families eat healthier by offering fruits and veggies in place of chips, candy, and sodas. In Richmond, VA, a non-profit community garden, Tricycle Gardens, is partnering with corner stores to help offer fresh produce to neighborhoods in need. As a participating healthy corner store, store-owners commit to offering fresh, local produce grown by Tricycle Gardens and other local farmers as well as in-store tasting and food skills education programming. In June 2014, Tricycle Gardens celebrated the store owners’ commitment to improve access to healthy foods and provide skills needed to buy, prepare and enjoy delicious, healthy and affordable meals with the company of community members, customers, ...
You're invited to a webinar to explore cultural competency and population health. The webinar, set for 10 a.m. CST on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, is conducted by Redes En Acción, a national Latino cancer research network funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday. Dr. J. Emilio Carrillo, leader of Redes' northeast region and a researcher at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center and the New York-Presbyterian Community Health Plan, will explore why cultural competency is a vital to the success of population health efforts. This patient-based, cross-cultural approach helps bridge cultural barriers in the care of individual patients by recognizing ...
Are you interested in learning more about how parks help build healthy communities? If so, then you'll want to checkout the National Recreation and Parks Association's (NRPA) Parks Build Healthy Communities: Success Stories. This guide provides examples of how communities were able to increase physical activity by: improving access to parks;
increasing neighborhood bikeability and walkability;
improving opportunities for exercise and play;
supporting school programs to increase physical activity; and
improving conditions of trails and signage. Success stories also describe ways parks can work to improve nutrition, partner with the medical community to offer park prescriptions, and reduce tobacco ...
After 25 years, the Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids program, better known as SPARK, continues to offer kids throughout the country a fun and engaging way to be physically active. In a SDSU news article, one of SPARKS creators, Jim Sallis said: “SPARK is a great example of an evidence-based program that is improving the lives of young people across the United States and in many other countries.” The wonderful thing about SPARK is that it's an evidence based curriculum, meaning it's been tried and tested in multiple settings and has proven to be an effective way of increasing levels of physical activity among children (including Latinos). The year 2014 marks a milestone year for the SPARK program which has reached over 4 million children in 24 countries! In ...
Check out Tennessee's Recreational Joint Facility Use Agreements Toolkit. This great toolkit provides information on state laws and policies that support joint (shared) use, information on immunity hazards, community success stories, a list of the top 12 hazards in playgrounds, a checklist for preparing to enter into a shared use agreement, and links to on-line resources. Access the toolkit here and learn more about shared use policy in Tennessee here. ...
Painted sidewalks and a prime location make the Zona de Juego a great hangout spot for residents living in one of Houston's predominantly Latino neighborhoods, Magnolia Park. Thanks to a design team from the University of Houston College of Architecture Community Design Resource Center and a partnership with Houston Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Transformation Initiative, Magnolia residents now have this 600 foot active space, that's conveniently located between a De Zavala park and De Zavala elementary school. With a budget of only $2,000, project leaders worked with local residents, De Zavala elementary, the Magnolia Park Civic Club, the Houston Parks and Recreation and the National Endowment for the Arts , to bring this culturally relevant, dynamic ...
