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  • Fresh pickings: prescribing produce, not pills

    June 20, 2018 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Fresh Prescription is a Detroit-based program that creates a mechanism for doctors to prescribe healthy food and fresh produce instead of medications to low-income patients, pregnant women, and people with young children. The program provides patients with a card where they can spend money on fresh fruits and vegetables from local food vendors, bridging the gap between good nutrition and good health.

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  • 'Fresh, free and beautiful': the rise of urban gardening

    June 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange, Connecticut

    Urban gardens are helping increase access to fresh produce in Connecticut and Dallas. The program in Orange, Connecticut is unique because not only does the urban garden provide fresh produce to local food banks, but it also hosts programming for kids on the Autism spectrum. The program teaches about healthy eating and cooking, and kids, families, and the elderly can all benefit.

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  • Childhood obesity is dropping in Amsterdam — but not for toddlers

    June 05, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The First 1000 Days program in Amsterdam aims to cut childhood obesity down to 0% by 2033. Facets of this program include extensive visits to mothers by nurses, organization of healthy community activities, and specifically targeting at-risk mothers and babies and offering them extensive support. This extensive support can include personalized nutritional programs and physiotherapy for the mother and education about good nutrition and sleep patterns for their baby.

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  • Feeding the World

    June 05, 2018 |

    East Side Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

    An American woman founded a company that produces a life saving food ration for malnourished children. She employs 70 workers, mostly refugees, and her products nourish 2 million children yearly.

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  • The Surprisingly Simple Way To Save Babies' Lives

    May 11, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Premature babies have an 80 percent greater chance of neonatal mortality if they don't get breast milk. Brazil has a donation-based milk bank system that's saving money and lives. There are 230 milk banks in the country, dramatically expanding access. Between money-saving innovation and smart national policy, the country dramatically increased positive health outcomes and is now an international model.

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  • Cod and ‘Immune Broth': California Tests Food as Medicine

    May 11, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Sebastopol, California

    A trial in several California cities is testing the idea that providing nutritionally tailored meals to chronically ill, low-income patients will have an impact on their health. Similar projects have shown participants had a reduction in the cost of care, an increase in medication adherence, and a reduction in depression.

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  • Buying Better Food

    May 07, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Founded in 2015, the Center for Good Food Purchasing offers a unique model for making school lunch healthier, cheaper, and more sustainable. Partnering with school districts and other local and national organizations, the Center outlines five core values to which schools must commit. Jill Harkins writes, "The big idea driving the work is that large institutions like governments and schools buy a lot of food ... and so they have the power to shift the market toward higher quality, more environmentally-sustainable and fair food." The approach has taken off in LA - can the same happen in Philadelphia?

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  • Nourishment was Scarce in Her Foster Home, but Plentiful at L.A. Kitchen

    April 19, 2018 |

    The Chronicle of Social Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    L.A. Kitchen, a California non-profit organization, offers a creative approach that combines job training, healthy eating, and a reduction of food waste. The program trains youth coming out of foster care, giving them food-industry skills that will help them succeed. Upon completing the training program, 85% of participants have jobs, a success rate that is inspiring other organizations to work on supporting foster youth.

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  • Waste Land, Promised Land

    April 04, 2018 |

    Orion Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Plant It Forward, a nonprofit in Houston, is leveraging the skills of refugees to set up urban farm plots. By providing training and start-up support, the organization helps these farmers not only to earn a decent income, but to integrate into (and nourish) the community.

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  • Sharing Public Spaces to Improve Public Health

    March 27, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange Grove, California

    Joint use policies turn communal spaces—such as schools and churches—during off-hours into a place for public health programs. This can be especially impactful in communities were the ability to exercise outside can be curtailed by lack of green space, environmental issues, or public safety concerns.

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