We work to lower energy bills, reduce flooding,
improve access to healthier food, and make it cheaper and easier for everyone to get around.
These 10 red - hot trends represent how manufacturers are cultivating positive change in the world, from
improving access to healthy eating to bolstering the very soil our food grows in.
It was really refreshing to see all of the different ways that organizations, institutuions, and individuals are working together to
improve access to healthy foods in Washington State.
Anna Taylor talks to us about making food policy deliver a better diet for Britain as well as what can be done across the supply chain to
improve access to healthy and sustainable diets for all.
The Committee also recommends that the State party introduce higher taxes on junk foods and sugary drinks and consider adopting strict regulations on the marketing of such products, while ensuring
improved access to healthy diets.
In January 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, finalized its updated nutritional standards for school meals in keeping with the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law No. 111 - 296), which reauthorized the school meal programs and placed an emphasis on the need to
improve access to healthy foods in schools.
The program has four main pillars: empower parents and caregivers, provide healthy food in schools,
improve access to healthy and affordable food, and increase physical activity.
Yael Lehmann, Executive Director of The Food Trust, said: «The need for
improved access to healthy food in New York is considerable, and we are proud to be a partner in this innovative new program.»
About Blog The mission of the Urban Gardening Coalition is to strengthen local food production,
improve access to healthy food, and empower folks to grow their own.
About Blog The mission of the Urban Gardening Coalition is to strengthen local food production,
improve access to healthy food, and empower folks to grow their own.
Lastly,
improved access to healthy school meals.
Your support of our work helps more Maryland families connect to available food assistance programs that can help put food on the table, and
improve access to healthy, affordable food.
Trahan Elementary School will implement a «Breakfast - in - the - Classroom» breakfast program in January 2015 and is currently exploring additional ways to
improve access to healthy foods for students.
-- an event to help raise awareness of the role school breakfast plays in helping
improve access to healthy food.
About Blog The mission of the Urban Gardening Coalition is to strengthen local food production,
improve access to healthy food, and empower folks to grow their own.
About Blog The mission of the Urban Gardening Coalition is to strengthen local food production,
improve access to healthy food, and empower folks to grow their own.
These practices
improve access to healthy and affordable food when combined with urban agriculture strategies and to green space for recreation.
About Blog The mission of the Urban Gardening Coalition is to strengthen local food production,
improve access to healthy food, and empower folks to grow their own.
Not exact matches
Three years after the First Lady kicked it off, Saldaña says, the FreshWorks fund has
improved healthy food
access to over 2.3 million people.
Before taking
to the show floor, a small group of exhibitors and attendees at Natural Products Expo East braved the rain in Baltimore on Wednesday, Sept. 13,
to lend a hand on the city's largest urban farm that aims
to improve neighborhood
access to fresh,
healthy food.
Many lower - income consumers want
to improve their diets, but the
access to — and the cost of —
healthy food and drink is often an impediment.
Jilly was instrumental in the creation and expansion of
Healthy Neighborhoods, an extension of City Harvest's anti-hunger work designed to respond to the need for emergency food, improve access to fruits and vegetables for residents in low - income communities and provide nutrition education to inspire affordable, healthy meal c
Healthy Neighborhoods, an extension of City Harvest's anti-hunger work designed
to respond
to the need for emergency food,
improve access to fruits and vegetables for residents in low - income communities and provide nutrition education
to inspire affordable,
healthy meal c
healthy meal choices.
And there are also many, many things we could be doing
to encourage children's acceptance of
healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants
to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food);
improving food
access; and so much more.
The D.C. School Food Project's mission is
to support and accelerate the school system's progress toward ensuring quality,
improving access, and inspiring demand for
healthy food in and out of schools in our nation's capital.
We also made strides in
improving the summer meal program
to ensure children have
access to meals when school is out for the summer and made investments in programs like Farm
to School and infrastructure updates in kitchens and cafeterias
to help serve more fresh,
healthy foods!
The only honoree from the vending industry
to make the list, Kelly is featured in the Food and Wine category for his work
to improve the nation's
access to healthful foods and drinks via HUMAN's renowned
healthy vending and nutritional distribution franchises.
The only honoree from the vending industry
to make the list, Kelly is featured in the Food and Wine category for his work
to improve the nation's
access to healthful foods and drinks via HUMAN
Healthy Vending's renowned healthy vending fran
Healthy Vending's renowned
healthy vending fran
healthy vending franchises.
Healthy Vending CEO Sean Kelly describes the healthy vending business and why Human Healthy Vending seeks to improve access to nutrition by teaming with passionate social entrepr
Healthy Vending CEO Sean Kelly describes the
healthy vending business and why Human Healthy Vending seeks to improve access to nutrition by teaming with passionate social entrepr
healthy vending business and why Human
Healthy Vending seeks to improve access to nutrition by teaming with passionate social entrepr
Healthy Vending seeks
to improve access to nutrition by teaming with passionate social entrepreneurs.
Healthy Newborn Network (HNN)(HNN) is an online resource center and community dedicated
to addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health by
improving access to related resources, data and country information.
Access to healthy meals at school has been shown
to improve student behavior, school performance, and cognitive development.
He has been a board member of the Association of Arizona Food Banks for nine years, bringing his child nutrition program expertise
to help
improve student
access to healthy foods.
The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by
improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability
to prepare
healthy foods; helping
to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.
Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach
to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food
access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended
to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010
Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program
to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.
WIC is a proven effective program that
improves birth outcomes,
access to healthy food and a child's development.
The USDA's Farm
to School Grant Program — originally funded as part of the
Healthy Huger - Free Kids Act of 2010 — provides resources on a competitive basis
to schools, nonprofits, farmers and government entities
to assist in implementing farm
to school programs that
improve access to local foods in eligible schools.
Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including
improved health education, increasing
access to healthy foods and
improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.
Project Moving Forward with More than $ 1.3 Million from New York State, Designed
to Increase
Access to Healthy Food,
Improve Nutrition in Buffalo Neighborhoods
«Oneida County continues
to strive
to improve our residents»
access to healthy foods and areas which allow exercise; and this project furthers that goal through the revitalization of existing underutilized land within the City of Utica into green spaces for food production and recreation,» Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente said.
Improve access to quality,
healthy food through the use of New York farm products and locally produced goods
to combat hunger while creating jobs and supporting economic development.
They concluded that programs for
improving nutrition should consider broader interventions
to increase
access to healthy food.
«Coverage for these Americans may be coming at just the right time
to provide
access to healthcare that can help keep these Americans
healthy through prevention and
improving healthy behaviors.»
The top five things (from a list of 16) that the public believes would
improve people's health a great deal are:
improving access to affordable
healthy food (57 %), reducing illegal drug use (54 %), reducing air, water, or chemical pollution (52 %), increasing
access to high - quality health care (52 %), and
improving the economy and the availability of jobs (49 %).
A new article published online by JAMA Psychiatry reports that adults assigned
to receive the fully automated and interactive web - based Sleep
Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi) intervention had
improved sleep compared with those adults just given
access to a patient education website with information about insomnia.
The main goals of «
Healthy People 2020» are: to help individuals avoid preventable diseases, injuries and / or disabilities that can shorten and / or reduce the quality of their lives, help all individuals have access to health prevention exams and tests, eliminate health - related discrimination, improve the health of everyone, create a healthy environment that supports healthy eating, exercise and an overall healthy lifestyle and help individuals improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness to embrace a healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages o
Healthy People 2020» are:
to help individuals avoid preventable diseases, injuries and / or disabilities that can shorten and / or reduce the quality of their lives, help all individuals have
access to health prevention exams and tests, eliminate health - related discrimination,
improve the health of everyone, create a
healthy environment that supports healthy eating, exercise and an overall healthy lifestyle and help individuals improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness to embrace a healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages o
healthy environment that supports
healthy eating, exercise and an overall healthy lifestyle and help individuals improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness to embrace a healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages o
healthy eating, exercise and an overall
healthy lifestyle and help individuals improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness to embrace a healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages o
healthy lifestyle and help individuals
improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness
to embrace a
healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages of life.
For example, a person who wants
to improve her math grade might ask a friend
to change her Netflix password until she's taken an arduous test; if she wants
to eat
healthier, she might deposit money into an account that she can only
access after
improving her diet.
Despite the success of the School Food Plan, schools continue
to need ongoing support,
access to finance and time
to improve the whole experience of food for children in school, and create an environment that enables
healthy habits.
Such increases in participation underscore the impact of community eligibility and its ability
to improve low - income children's
access to healthy meals at school, particularly through the School Breakfast Program, which has been underutilized.
There would be longer school days, summer classes, health clinics and
access to healthy food for the zone's 3,500 students, in addition
to extensive professional development for teachers and principals
to improve academics.
For more than 40 years, The Piton Foundation, which is part of Gary Community Investments, has been committed
to improving the lives of Colorado's low - income children and their families by increasing
access to quality early childhood and youth development opportunities and fostering
healthy family and community environments.
The proposal would also zero out Title IV funds that help schools keep students safe and
healthy,
improve access to technology, and promote well - rounded programs for STEM, music, and college and career guidance.