Posted by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson [Note from Miryam: I thought you should see this post on Health Affairs Blog by Chris Fleming. If you are a parent or grandparent and what you read here strikes a bell, you could make a huge difference in a child's life by stepping in with gentle guidance. Being seriously [...]
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson While school is in session — and, in some places, through summer vacation, too — about one-third of the energy a child takes in during the day should come from the lunch he or she eats at school. And the food that provides that energy shouldn’t be all starch and fat. [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Buy Local, Farm to School, Food, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, USDA | 1 Comment »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson You don’t need the numbers. You see it all around you: little children too chubby to be called “pleasingly plump,” which is what my grandfather used to say about me when I told him I hated being fat. More than one-third of American children – some 12 million in all – [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
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by Daphne Bishop It may not be spring yet, but 1000 Radishes are about to sprout up, and with them potentially far-reaching ways to connect local growers with the people who crave their wares. You may recall, we told you about 1000 Radishes last summer. It’s a high-tech way to find what’s in season, connect [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Farms & Farmers, Food, Nutrition, Rural Life, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
By Daphne Bishop As the old song says, “You must have been a beautiful baby.” But how does a baby stay beautiful and grow healthy and strong if all she eats are heavily processed commercial foods. That was the challenge facing Shazi Visram, CEO and founder of HAPPYBABY, a company in Brooklyn, New York that [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2010 by Debby
Filed under: Buy Local, Food, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
by Debra Kozikowski Here’s a good one. CNN radio reports, among other bad news, that the health care reform debate could be making us sick. Adding another layer of stress to a stressful time, what with an uncertain economy marked by job losses, high prices at the pump and a shaky Wall Street, there is added tension in [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Farms & Farmers, Food, Healthcare Reform, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
By Matt L. Barron For most of us with working vehicles, a weekly trip to a favorite roadside stand for some fresh-picked sweet corn and vine-ripened tomatoes is part of the summer routine. But what if you live in one of America’s big cities, far from a local farm? Even the best public transportation systems [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Community Gardens, Farms & Farmers, Food, Nutrition, Rural Urban Partnerships | 1 Comment »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Photo: flickr / The Classic Farmhouse Here’s a cool way to learn more about food and nutrition. It’s Fooducate, a blog whose name says it all. Its purpose is to educate eaters about the food they take into their bodies. I’m impressed. I haven’t hung out on the site long enough [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Food, Nutrition, Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Photo: dogman!/flickr DebbyKoz thought it might be a good idea if I told those who wonder where I am and why I’m not posting. I’m touched that people have written to her, asking. Here’s the scoop. I’m not hiding. I didn’t go away. I’m not on strike. I’m writing a book [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Nutrition | 2 Comments »
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson UPDATES are in italics. Let’s hear it for Cynthia Davis, state representative from Missouri’s 19th District. She’s found a novel way to motivate low-income youngsters in her state: let them go hungry. Davis, who chairs the legislature’s Special Committee on Children and Families, is seriously bent out of shape over a [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Childhood Hunger, Nutrition, Poverty in America | 7 Comments »
