Last week, the US EPA spent Earth Day (April 22) focused on food waste. In 2015, the EPA and USDA set a national food waste reduction goal of 50% by 2030. About 40% of the nation�s food supply is lost or wasted; food loss and waste is estimated to cost retailers and consumers about...
healthy food - Webinar: Farm to Summer: Incorporating local foods in Summer Food Service Programs - SIBEJO
MSU Center for Regional Food SystemsMay 3, 2016 2:00-3:30 pm ETSummer Food Service Programs can be an ideal time to start looking at local purchasing. At the height of the Michigan farming season, there is more local product available than at any other time in the year. Farmers are...
healthy food - KIDS ARE EATING HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCHES - SIBEJO
Schools can serve healthy lunches, but whether kids will eat them is a question that has been asked often since 2012-13, when updated national nutrition standards led districts across the United States to raise the nutritional quality of their meals. Multiple studies comparing students�...
healthy food - WIC CHANGES IMPROVE TODDLER�S NUTRITION - SIBEJO
A change to the WIC nutrition program improved the diets of millions of young children in low-income families, a new study says. Researchers compared the eating habits of nearly 1,200 2- to 4-year-olds in low-income households before and after WIC was changed in 2009. With the revamp,...
healthy food - Webinar: How to Successfully Implement Salad Bars in Your School Cafeteria - SIBEJO
Let's Move Salad Bars to SchoolsThursday, April 28, 3pm ETSchool salad bars are one of the easiest ways to meet the fruit and vegetable standards for school lunch, increase participation in the lunch program, reduce plate waste and increase student�s fruit and vegetable consumption....
healthy food - It's National Zucchini Bread Day - SIBEJO
Happy National Zucchini Bread Day! While April may be a funny time to celebrate zucchini, many of us find that, after gardening season, we have zucchinis in the freezer for quite some time. To all of the home gardeners out there, are you looking for a tasty way to get rid of those...
healthy food - BOOSTING SNAP BENEFITS CHEAPER THAN CORPORATE TAX BREAKS - SIBEJO
A new report outlines four proposals to reduce poverty and expand opportunity for low-income Americans that would cost less than current tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. For example, letting US corporations defer paying taxes on their overseas profits currently costs...
healthy food - ChopChop: The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families - SIBEJO
The award-winning ChopChop Magazine is an engaging tool for teaching kids about food and where it comes from, cooking, nutrition and health. Inspire and teach kids to cook real food through delicious, kid-tested recipes, fun food facts and puzzles, gardening activities and games...
healthy food - USDA Grants for Food Safety Training, Outreach and Technical Assistance - SIBEJO
The USDA has announced the availability of $4.7 million in grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects that address the needs of owners and operators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged farmers, small processors,...
healthy food - FRAC Focus: Obesity and Poverty - SIBEJO
The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is pleased to release this new issue of FRAC Focus: Obesity and Poverty. This periodical e-newsletter focuses on obesity and low-income children and adults, looking at the intersection of obesity, low income, food insecurity, the...
healthy food - Help kids get meals in the summer - SIBEJO
HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM WORK?Purpose: To serve free, healthy meals to low-income children and teens during summer months when school is out. Where: Any safe place for kids (for example: school, park, rec center, library, faith organization, etc.) can be a summer meal site.Who:...
healthy food - Earth Day is tomorrow - lots going on in Canton! - SIBEJO
This year, people around the world will be celebrating the 46th Earth Day on Friday, April 22. There will be public rallies, protests against fossil fuels, and demonstrations about mass extinctions all over the globe. But what�s happening in our neck of the woods?Students...
healthy food - Free Webinar on How to Evaluate Economic Benefits of Local Food Systems - SIBEJO
Local and regional food systems are helping revitalize rural and urban communities across the country. The authors of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture guide to evaluate the economic impacts of investing in farmers markets, community supported agriculture (CSA), food hubs,...
healthy food - THE SAFETY NET IS FRAYING - SIBEJO
Today, in large part because of welfare reform laws enacted in 1996, the safety net�the set of government efforts to come to the aid of the country�s citizens when they are down on their luck, much of which has existed since the Great Depression�is thin and getting thinner. The number...
healthy food - DRUG TESTING SNAP RECIPIENTS - SIBEJO
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 11 other Republican governors have asked Congress to allow their states to drug test SNAP recipients. Their letter asserts that �Drug testing recipients of SNAP benefits� will aid in our ability to move individuals off of this welfare program and back...
healthy food - Project Produce: Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schools - SIBEJO
The Chef Ann Foundation has $250,000 available to support school lunchroom learning programs. Project Produce: Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schools is a grant program designed to help increase kids� access to fresh fruits and vegetables and create experiential nutrition...
healthy food - GardenShare receives grant from Excellus - SIBEJO
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield selects seven Central New York nonprofit organizations to receive Community Health AwardsSYRACUSE, N.Y. � Seven nonprofit Central New York organizations have been chosen from among a total of 185 applications to receive Excellus BlueCross BlueShield�s...
healthy food - Summer EBT extended, but not to the North Country - SIBEJO
USDA recently announced $26.9 million in grant funds to be distributed among eight grantees to continue administering pilots of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) programs, providing summertime nutrition assistance to children who receive free and reduced price meals during...
healthy food - USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Agricultural Producers Increase the Value of Their Products - SIBEJO
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making up to $44 million available to farmers, ranchers and businesses to develop new bio-based products and expand markets through the Value-Added Producer Grant program."America's farmers, ranchers and rural business...
healthy food - SNAP participation drops by more than a million people - SIBEJO
Nationwide, SNAP caseloads dropped by 1.3 million people in January 2016, as compared to January 2015. SNAP participation is at its lowest level since April of 2011.Lower SNAP caseloads is likely due to an improving economy, and yet despite economic improvement, food hardship...
healthy food - LIBRARIES SERVE HUNGRY PEOPLE - SIBEJO
A growing number of library systems are adding services for patrons who are homeless, hungry, or suffering from drug addiction or mental illness. Increasingly, public libraries also are providing social services, such as serving children free lunches during the summer, said Sari...
healthy food - Ag Studies Academy Launched at Extension Learning Farm - SIBEJO
State Senator Patty Ritchie announced that the new state budget includes $200,000 in �seed money� to help launch the brand new North Country Agricultural Studies Academy, to help introduce and train a new generation of young farmers. �Agriculture is the most important industry...
healthy food - THE HIGH COST OF HUNGER - SIBEJO
Hunger costs the U.S. at least $160 billion in poor health outcomes and additional healthcare expenses � and about half of these hunger-related health costs ($78.7 billion) were due to depression, anxiety or suicide. Research shows that children who grow up in impoverished or food-insecure...
healthy food - North Country Matters features GardenShare - SIBEJO
Gloria McAdam, the Executive Director of GardenShare, discusses issues of poverty, food deserts, local food systems, and the work of GardenShare to address them with real solutions with host Ann Carvi...
healthy food - UGLY FOOD PILOT PROJECT READY TO GO - SIBEJO
Whole Foods Market will begin a pilot project later this spring offering �ugly� produce for sale in certain California stores. Whole Foods already uses this produce in its prepared foods, but it intends to put the produce on display and sell it with other fruits and vegetables. The...
healthy food - NOFA-NY On-Farm Skills Development Guide - SIBEJO
NOFA-NY's On-Farm Skills Development Guide is a tool for farmers and mentors to use with employees, beginning farmers or anyone they are teaching to develop a hands-on farm- based learning plan. Beginning farmers also can use it as a self-assessment tool to determine...
healthy food - POLICY CHANGES CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO ASSISTANCE - SIBEJO
Six states participating in a work support strategies initiative identified and adopted various policy changes to improve the delivery of work supports to low-income families. By simplifying program policies by, for example, reducing unnecessary verification requirements, they sought...
healthy food - Food Bank supports gardens at local programs - SIBEJO
Edible gardens increase food security and nurture a meaningful connection between the community and growing nutritious fresh foods.One of the goals of Food Bank of Central New York is to engage local food pantries, free will dinners, and community members in projects supporting...
healthy food - BEAUTIFYING FOOD WASTE - SIBEJO
In Jean-Fran�ois Millet�s 1857 painting �The Gleaners,� three women in a cornfield pick what harvesters have left behind, collecting and eventually making use of what would otherwise be wasted. It�s one of, if not the, most famous depictions of food rescue. Contemporary Brooklyn...
healthy food - Defining what makes a community "low-income" - SIBEJO
Some of the federal nutrition programs that serve children from low-income families � afterschool, summer and childcare food � use an overly restrictive area eligibility test in order to provide reimbursements to serve snacks and meals. That test defines a low-income area as one...
healthy food - LOW-INCOME FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM COOKING PROGRAMS - SIBEJO
A new study shows that a six-week cooking, shopping and nutrition course for low-income families has a powerful and sustained effect. Families report shopping smarter, eating healthier, and preparing more meals at home even six months after completing the course. What's more, they...
healthy food - Introducing one of GardenShare's interns - SIBEJO
Did you know that GardenShare has only one full-time and two part-time employeesy? This small, but mighty organization gets so much done in the community that it may surprise you! Lots of that work is done by student interns and volunteers and today's blog entry...
healthy food - Vets Growing Berries workshop - SIBEJO
Vets Growing BerriesSaturday, April 23rd, 9am-2pmApple Hills, 131 Brooks Rd, Binghamton, NYCalling All Veterans: Do you have an interest in growing strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or other small fruits? Maybe you�d like to start a U-pick, or sell at your local...
healthy food - STATE TRENDS IN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS - SIBEJO
In recent years, state legislatures have been active across a several policy areas: local food system approaches; farm-to-school programs; farmers� markets; community gardens and urban agriculture; healthy grocery retail and food policy councils. Take for example farmers� markets....
healthy food - GreenWorks! Grant Program - SIBEJO
Project Learning Tree offers grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world. Students implement an action project they help design to green their school or to improve an aspect of their...
healthy food - BUILDING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS - SIBEJO
A new resource from USDA can help communities make the economic case for investments in local food. �The Economics of Local Food Systems: A Toolkit to Guide Community Discussions, Assessments and Choices� will help local food stakeholders�including farmers markets, food hubs, and...
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