Thanks to all of those who supported us and raised $6,000 for the purchase of the bus!! In a few short weeks, your generous donations enabled us to reach our first milestone. Your enthusiastic support is greatly appreciated and indicative of how important the work is we have in front of us. We will keep [...]
Thanks to all of those who supported us and raised $6,000 for the purchase of the bus!! In a few short weeks, your generous donations enabled us to reach our first milestone. Your enthusiastic support is greatly appreciated and indicative of how important the work is we have in front of us. We will keep [...]
On February 12, TedX Manhattan held a session on “Changing the Way We Eat.” Some amazing speakers…it’s a bit long, put it on while you’re cleaning or cooking, it’s worth your time. Check out the site for more, but some highlights from Session 1: Watch live streaming video from tedx at livestream.com Importance of family [...]
Welcome our newest guest contributor, Alice Bumgarner, who is the coordinator and founder of the George Watts Montessori edible garden. George Watts is a elementary Montessori school near downtown Durham. Mom of two, Alice also develops the accompanying curriculum for this garden, which is actually three – a fruit garden and arbor, a courtyard full [...]
We’ve talked a lot about inequity in access to healthy food in the U.S. and abroad, but what about inequity in the food system, that is the production, processing, distribution, and service of food? Do you think race in the U.S. plays a role in food service workers and producers? The Applied Research Center, a [...]
What is frank food? Frank food cannot be adulterated or compromised. Check it out here. Darya Pino over at Summer Tomato created this wonderful flow chart to help find frank food at the supermarket. Of course, it isn’t always this simple, as “real food” has now been sometimes disguised (i.e. if the five ingredients are: [...]
An insightful study by Fast Food FACTS about the truth of fast food marketing. According to this research conducted by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, eating fast food is harmful for young people, particularly children and adolescents. Seems pretty obvious, right? Well, some facts not that obvious include: The fast food [...]
Downtown Durham Know someone who lost his or her job? Got downsized? Over 14 million Americans are unemployed, many who thought it would “never happen to them.” What if it did happen? Would you buy health insurance? How would you shop at the grocery store? The Urban Ministries of Durham, with a long history of [...]
In January, we were honored when Women in the Making asked us to join their weekly show the views, perspective, questions, goals and accomplishments of today’s girl. The show, featured on WBAI Radio 99.5 FM, focused on obesity in girls and transforming relationships with food. The “woman in the making” is 17-year old Chelsea, an [...]
How to raise healthy children in an age of toxicity? Beanie Baby’s Zomppa debut! Join the movement at Healthy Child Healthy World, a great website with lots of information and resources. Watch this Wake-Up Story and sign up! A Wake-Up Story from Healthy Child Healthy World on Vimeo.
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