CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $650,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition for the West Virginia Lettuce Support SNAP Stretch project. This funding is allocated through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 and will work to incentivize and increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program […]
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SHREWSBURY — A concert on Friday at the Community Meeting House will benefit the Vermont Farmers Food Center (VFFC) Farmacy Project, Rutland County’s Food as Medicine Prescription program. Emma Hileman, Farmacy project director for the VFFC, said the project is in its seventh year. “Members are signed up through their health care providers to receive a free CSA (community supported agriculture) share that we curate here at the Vermont Farmers Food Center. Most of our members have chronic health conditions […]
Dr. Michelle Seguin, M.D., prepares to give a demonstration on fermenting vegetables to Growing From the Heart. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo by Chris Jaehnig) HANCOCK — Dr. Michelle Seguin of the Portage Health Foundation has banded together with other like-minded health food lovers to share that love with the community by forming a group called Growing From the Heart. “In 2020, right when the pandemic started, we developed a program that was kind of modeled […]
The moment is almost there, on October 1st the Expo 2020 Dubai will be opened and the Dutch Biotope in the most spectacular way revealed. In six months, the Dubai Expo 2020 will be all about Connecting Minds, Creating the future. In specific, the heart of the Netherlands Pavilion symbolizes uniting water, energy, and food. With nature and technology in their DNA, Hoogendoorn Growth Management announces to be a proud sponsor of the Netherlands Pavilion during the Expo 2020 Dubai. […]
LONDON, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Global Health Food Market: Global Size, Trends, Competitive, Historical & Forecast Analysis, 2021-2027– Growing adoption of healthy eating habits and rising awareness regarding health are some of the major factors driving the growth of Global Health Food Market. Health Food Market is expected to grow with the CAGR of 4.91% over the forecast period. BEMR_Logo Top Health Food Companies Global Market: Global Health Food Market reports cover prominent players like Nortech Systems, Inc., Tecomet, […]
When Samantha Pounder and Hannah Choi imagine the shelves of a corner store, they see fresh aloe and kale instead of the usual sugary, shrink-wrapped confections and salty snacks. It’s a vision that will soon become a reality when the pair open Muki’s Market in Washington DC, one of the newest additions to a growing movement to supply big city food deserts with healthy corner stores. “The reality is there’s a need for more fresh food options,” says Pounder, food […]
GROW San Mateo formed as a collective project to provide free healthy food to promote a healthier lifestyle and educate people on the importance of fresh produce. Bill Schildknecht started the GROW San Mateo project in March of 2019 for a collection of local gardeners grow and donate fresh produce. He learned about the Samaritan House Food Pharmacy that summer, which is a part of the organization’s free medical clinic, and began a partnership. In the spring of this year, […]
Posted by Rich Lucas, Deputy Administrator for Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition Service in Food and Nutrition Aug 11, 2021 As directed by Congress in 2018, USDA is re-evaluating the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP)—the estimated cost of an affordable, nutritious diet. The TFP is used to calculate SNAP benefit levels. To complement the re-evaluation efforts and gather insights from those who will be impacted by the result, USDA recently hosted five listening sessions with SNAP participants, researchers, advocates, […]
The Northside, a predominantly Black community, has been a food desert for over 35 years according to the USDA. The closest store where residents can get necessities is a Family Dollar, which is a ten-minute walk. And to get to the nearest grocery store, residents without transportation are forced to walk, bike, or Uber. The new market gives the northside easier access to fresh meat and produce. Local vendors and farmers who will be there include Freedom Dreams Farms, Master […]
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 24, 2021– sweetgreen, the mission-driven brand serving healthy food at scale, announces today its plans to acquire Spyce, the Boston-based restaurant company powered by automation. The acquisition will allow sweetgreen to reimagine healthy fast food with even better quality, consistency, and efficiency. “Spyce and sweetgreen have a shared purpose,” said Jonathan Neman, co-founder and CEO of sweetgreen. “We built sweetgreen to connect more people to real food and create healthy fast food at scale for the next […]
