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Entrepreneur
3 months ago
Career

How Sweet Loren's Became a Supermarket Sensation | Entrepreneur

Sweet Loren's creates delicious, better-for-you baked goods
Inspired to start Sweet Loren's after surviving cancer [ more ]
Brooklyn Paper
10 months ago
Brooklyn

Red Hook's new Family Health Center aims to address longstanding lack of medical resources in the nabe * Brooklyn Paper

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A new community-based health clinic opened in Red Hook this week, aiming to provide extra care for a community that has long lacked adequate healthcare resources.
communities
Eater Portland
11 months ago
Portland food

Growing Gardens' 2023 Chef in Your Garden Series Ties in Family-Style Dinners With Volunteer Days

Portland-based nonprofit Growing Gardens, which focuses on bringing equal access to healthy food to communities across Oregon, is reprising its annual fundraising dinner series Chef In Your Garden.This year, the series' three dinners include optional volunteer days where guests can learn more about Growing Gardens' work through direct participation with the nonprofit's program directors.
Eater SF
11 months ago
SF food

San Francisco's New Egyptian Cafe Brings Remarkably Affordable Food to the East Side

Mohamed Ali Abdelmeguid is giddy that the tremendous, pastel-hued, sign of a cat is finally up outside his new cafe on Evans Avenue.Hungry Cafe, a new destination for Egyptian entrees and fresh pastries on San Francisco's east side, soft opened in February 2023.But as its host building the Southeast Community Center comes to life - launching a Black-producer-centered farmers market in June - the development's destination for strong coffee and affordable eats is now fully open to the public.
www.scientificamerican.com
11 months ago
Science

Adversity in Early Childhood Can Impair Brain Development

Growing up in poverty or experiencing any adversity, such as abuse or neglect, during early childhood can put a person at risk for poor health, including mental disorders, later in life.Although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood, some studies have shown that adverse early childhood experience leaves persisting (and possibly irreversible) traces in brain structure.
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

Well-funded journalism leaders stop making disparate pay

$569,392.$522,129.$427,692.Over the last few years, these numbers have represented top-level executive compensation at NPR, American Public Media Group,and ProPublica.All people - including journalists - should be able to have access to clean water, healthy food, and stable housing.In the U.S., at this current juncture, any semblance of that would require a living wage.
Eater Portland
1 year ago
Portland food

This Startup Wants to Bring Farmers Market Produce to Portlanders' Doors

Masanobu Fukuoka is often thought of as the father of natural farming.
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Exchangewire
11 months ago
Marketing tech

Good-Loop's Purposeful Ad Formats Raise 6m for Environmental Causes & Charities - ExchangeWire.com

Almost 300,000 New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity fed for a day and 2,306 metric tonnes of carbon sequestered from the atmosphere through the restoration of mangrove forests and seagrass meadows.That's just some of the social and environmental impact purpose-led ad platform Good-Loop has had - just by getting people to watch online ads.
UK news
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Income thresholds to be removed from healthy food payments from 2024

Payments to help parents buy healthy food will no longer be means-tested, the Scottish Government has confirmed.Around 20,000 people will become eligible for extra help to buy healthy food when income thresholds are removed for the Best Start Foods payments.Families will still have to get qualifying benefits such as child tax credits or universal credit to receive the benefit.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Duke of Westminster backs our Christmas cost of living appeal with 100,000 donation

Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, has become the latest big donor to support The Independent's Christmas appeal with a 100,000 donation from his Westminster Foundation to help children in need in London have access to healthy food.It takes the total raised by our On the Breadline campaign in partnership with the Evening Standard, The Childhood Trust and Comic Relief to 2.6m, with the money to be given out in grants to fund organisations helping to relieve pressure on people struggling with the cost of living crisis.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Feed the Future: You want the next generation to have a better life than we did'

Growing up in Middlesbrough, Louise Powell lived below the poverty line.Now a successful writer, director and filmmaker, with her scripts broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and performed at theatres, the 30-year-old said free school meals allowed her to break the cycle.To make change happen, please sign the petition by clicking here The Independent's Feed the Future campaign in partnership with a coalition of campaigning organisations co-ordinated by the Food Foundation, is calling on the government to extend free school meals to all children in poverty in England.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Millions skipping meals or struggling to buy healthy food Which?

Millions of households are skipping meals or finding it hard to put healthy food on the table as they struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, Which?
research suggests.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Secret of getting children to eat their greens revealed by researchers

Toddlers eat more vegetables if they are rewarded for trying them, according to research.
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Eater Atlanta
11 months ago
Atlanta

Pop-Up Stolen Goods Brings Its Chef Collaborations to Joyland

Chef collaborative series Stolen Goods kicks off a May kitchen residency at Nourish Botanica' s pop-up incubator in the Joyland neighborhood.Starting May 13, Nourish Botanica will host three chefs from the Stolen Goods series each Saturday through Memorial Day weekend in its backyard events space.Founded by former the Lawrence chef Maximilian Hines, Stolen Goods brings together a rotating group of Black and brown chefs from around Atlanta to participate in a series of dinners meant to be a collaborative culinary effort rather than competitive.
Eater Atlanta
1 year ago
Atlanta

Nourish Botanica Brings a Sustainable Food Pop-Up Incubator to South Atlanta in March

After opening her flower bar and plant shop last year in the Joyland neighborhood, Quianah Upton is preparing to take the next step in evolving Nourish Botanica into Atlanta's first sustainable greenhouse restaurant.In early March, Upton launches the next phase of the business, a restaurant incubator serving coffee, tea, and juices and a mostly vegan menu of Caribbean and Southern dishes from local pop-ups and chefs.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

New York City Unveils User-Friendly' Way to Find Child Care Help

When Eric Adams ran for mayor, one of his key policy proposals was to create a better website for New Yorkers to access government services.Concluding his 15th month in office, Mr. Adams has introduced the first phase of the website, which is called MyCity, calling the project my baby and my dream.Initially, it will allow people to apply for child-care assistance.
www.thelocal.no
1 year ago
Parenting

How tourists in Oslo can save money and live like a local

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.
www.thelocal.no
1 year ago
Parenting

Why Norwegian trains are better for journeys with small children than planes

Most parents are quite familiar with the challenges of travelling by plane with their kids.Children can get frustrated by the discomfort and stress, get motion sickness, and experience ear pain to mention just some of the more common issues.However, due to their convenience (in terms of journey times compared to trains) they remain the most popular travel choice for long distance travels in Norway.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

Become a More Joyful Person in 30 Days With Our Happiness Challenge

What is happiness to you?
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Health

Menopause doesn't make you as fat as you thought

Every time a new year starts, countless people many women among them start new routines with the aim losing weight.And while the approach should ideally revolve around a change of habits to improve well-being and quality of life, losing weight as a consequence of those changes, the truth is that many women are still obsessed with the number they see on the scale.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
1 year ago
Health

Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani

Healthy living and exercise, by Manish Savani (Image: Ola Mishchenko, Unsplash) The reason why it's important for everyone to have a balanced diet, is because they need a lot of energy to keep active and it stops them from getting illness.People have to exercise every day because it keeps them fit and healthy and it can help with your mental health.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Mental health has failed to rebound' after Covid amid financial worries

The nation's mental health has failed to rebound after the pandemic, a charity has warned  with research suggesting around three in 10 adults' mental health has deteriorated since the start of the year.More adults said their mental health has worsened since the beginning of 2022, according to a YouGov survey for Rethink Mental Illness.
Mindful
1 year ago
Mindfulness

A "Prescription" that Cares for the Whole Person - Mindful

Social prescriptions are becoming more common, and here are three recent examples from the UK.
www.thelocal.fr
1 year ago
France politics

La Belle Vie: Ordering steak, tasting cheese and the secret French love of fast food

La Belle Vie is our regular look at the real culture of France from language to cuisine, manners to films.This newsletter is published weekly and you can receive it directly to your inbox, by going to your newsletter preferences in My account.While Valentine's Day has passed, some French stores have kept up their lovey-dovey decor from a few heart shaped items to perhaps some pink and red streamers, nothing major.
www.hackneygazette.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Gangs of London actors join teenagers volunteering at east London community scheme

Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sope Dirisu, Valene Kane, Orli Shuka, Eri Shuka and Fady Elsayed helped unload a van, set up the shop and pack bags as part of a scheme organised by charity The Felix Project on Saturday (February 11).The initiative was run by members of community interest company Rise.365with the help of the six actors.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Gangs of London stars join volunteers to help people struggling through cost of living crisis

S tars of TV series Gangs of London gave out food parcels in east London as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit UK households.Young people from community projects Rise 365 and Made Up Kitchen were joined by the actors from the gritty Sky One drama on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney.They gave out food at their community shop on Saturday that had come from The Felix Project, London's largest food redistribution charity.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Londoners spend more than 2600 on takeaways each year, survey finds

L ondoners spend more than 2600 on takeout each year, a survey found.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. teachers union reelects leader amid push for 20% raise, smaller classes, family aid

Cecily Myart-Cruz has won reelection as president of United Teachers Los Angeles, receiving three of every four votes cast, empowering her to maintain the union's extensive social agenda and contract demands that call for a 20% raise over two years.The heavy favorite, Myart-Cruz, 49, won a second three-year term with 75.5% of the vote.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

"Behold" Black L.A. portrait series returns this year. Want to be part of it? Here's how

In 2022, the Times launched the photo portrait project Behold with the goal to give Black L.A. the Juneteenth commemoration it deserved.We photographed nearly 100 Black Angelenos, young and old, to capture the full breadth of the community.We explored how decades of inauthentic media coverage has affected various residents.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

L.A. schools have a plan to reverse enrollment woes: Recruit newborn babies

It's not every day that the superintendent of the nation's second-largest school district can be heard touting blankies and onesies.But on Tuesday, Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho launched a student recruitment campaign beginning just about as early as possible - targeting newborns in maternity wards, starting with L.A. County-USC Medical Center.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Replacement SNAP benefits now available for recipients who lost food in winter storm

AUSTIN, Texas Central Texas SNAP recipients will be able to apply for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed during the recent winter storm and power outages, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) said on Wednesday.SNAP recipients will be able to apply for replacement food benefits by calling 211 and selecting option 2. Recipients in the following counties have until Feb. 28 to request a benefit replacement: Anderson, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brooks, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Cameron, Cherokee, Coke, Collin, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Gillespie, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Irion, Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lamar, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Montgomery, Navarro, Parker, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rockwall, Smith, Sterling, Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Van Zandt, Waller, Wichita, Williamson and Wood.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Teenager to cycle 900 miles across UK and Ireland to raise soil crisis awareness

A teenager will cycle 900 miles across the UK and Ireland to raise awareness about soil health only two weeks after deciding to take part.Oscar Smith, 17, from the Isle of Skye, has never cycled more than 50 miles but decided to undertake this challenge to show how important soil health is.Mr Smith set off on the two-week journey on November 20, alongside 10 core riders who will cycle at least 150 miles each, and a growing number of support riders joining along the way.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Kitchen appliances designed to help you eat healthy + achieve your fitness goals - Yanko Design

I'm always trying to eat healthily, some days I fail, and on others, I succeed.Eating healthy food also implies cooking healthy food.And that's not always the easiest task.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Why Publishers Should Prioritise Personalisation

In 2022, user attention is hard to find and even harder to keep.Publishers have to compete fiercely with social media giants to win user attention in the first place.
Medium
2 years ago
San Francisco

FYI: An Ube Festival Is Coming to San Francisco This Weekend

Ube - the luscious, deep-purple yam originally cultivated in the Philippines - has taken America by storm, especially over the past decade.
nonprofitquarterly.org
1 year ago
Non-profit sector

Remaking the Economy

Click here to download accompanying slides.What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level?In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experienceshighlighting the many interconnections between food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, health justice, climate justice, and community building.
www.esquire.com
1 year ago
Design

10 Best Milk Frothers for Home Coffee

Courtsey One of the tricks to getting little kids to eat healthy food is to create little tricks that incentivize the kids and their developing brains to think that the healthier food is a good option.And what are we, really, if not overgrown little kids?Making food and drinks at home, rather than buying them out, is the eating your vegetables of adulthood.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Exercise

10 of the best health and wellness retreats in Europe for 2023

This four-night yoga and meditation retreat is led by experienced teacher Yogi Ashokananda.Accommodation overlooking Lake Begovac is in simple log cabins (called monk pods), or guests can camp.Daily yoga and meditation takes place on a platform with great views, and there are guided nature walks, lake swimming, vegetarian meals, optional massages and visits to a potter and Plitvice Lakes national park.
The Mercury News
1 year ago
Silicon Valley food

Q&A: Mimi Brown's back in San Jose with a new farm-to-table bakery, Paris Avenue

There are bakers.There are pastry chefs.There are farmers.Mimi Brown is all three, and she's got the acreage to prove it.She and her husband, Ed, founded and operated the wildly popular Flower Flour bakery in San Jose's Willow Glen for 14 years, before selling the business in 2017 to devote full time to their Wine Country venture, the Napa Farmhouse Inn in St. Helena, with its lodgings and 3-acre garden.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

This woman is considering medical assistance in dying, due to a disability. But poverty is also a factor | CBC Radio

Jacquie Holyoak is considering accessing medical assistance in dying (MAID) due to the debilitating pain of living with fibromyalgia.But she says it's a choice she might not even contemplate if her disability benefits didn't leave her struggling to make ends meet."I'm just really exhausted ... I need someone to help me, and I've been asking everywhere.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Charity says demand for program that provides food to summer camps for kids outpacing supply | CBC News

A Canadian charity says it will not be able to meet the demand for food needed by Toronto summer camps for children and youth this year that it provides through its free summer lunch program.
www.newsshopper.co.uk
1 year ago
Parenting

When is Children In Need 2022? Here's how you can get involved

Children In Need's Spotacular campaign is raising funds to help tackle the effects the cost-of-living crisis is having on children and young people.(BBC/PA) (Image: BBC/PA) Children In Need is back for 2022 as the country rallies to help children and young people across the UK that need it the most.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Parenting

Texas Children's Hospital expert discusses how to address Uvalde school shooting with kids

More than a dozen children died on Wednesday after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Once-touted Englewood Whole Foods closes as shoppers mourn the health-focused grocer

The Whole Foods that opened in Englewood six years ago to live music, TV-ready politicians and out-the-door lines will close Sunday with little fanfare.The grocery store had once been a point of optimism and pride in the South Side neighborhood, one of Chicago's most economically depressed areas.But by Saturday, the Whole Foods' hot bar had gone cold.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Auburn Gresham Aldi is latest South Side grocery store to be shuttered

An Aldi in Auburn Gresham is the latest South Side supermarket to be shuttered by a corporate grocer.
A company spokesperson confirmed Aldi closed its store at 7627 S. Ashland Avenue on June 12.
Bustle
1 year ago
Wine

Wander + Ivy Single-Serve Wines Are What Every Mom Has Been Waiting For - & They're *So* Giftable

We've all seen the moms on reality TV drinking fishbowl-size glasses of chardonnay.But the reality, at least in my house, is often a single pour, usually squeezed in after the kids are in bed but before I pass out mid-Netflix stream.A glass of wine during this parent "golden hour" can feel triumphant, indulgent, and sanity-restoring - and yet, I can't help also feeling guilty knowing I'm wasting a perfectly good bottle of wine for just that one hard-earned glass.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Health

Dying too young: focus on communicable diseases takes toll in South Africa's slums

Weaving her way through the narrow alleyways running between the shacks of Barcelona squatter camp, Nomachine Jali is on her way to see her first patient of the day: Atwell Mbadamana, 69, is lying on a plastic mattress on the floor in the corner of a dark room.A blanket covers him.He has been here, bedridden, since August after he had a stroke.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Health

'It's not our DNA, it's our dinner:' 60% of patients at three NYC hospitals sticking with vegan meal options, City Hall says | amNewYork

Not long after Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health+Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz recently announced that Vegan lunches would be become the default option in at H+H/Lincoln, Metropolitan, and Woodhull Hospitals, the city says the healthier meals are being well-received by patients at the three facilities.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

FDA proposes updates to healthy' claim on food packages

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing changes to the nutrition standards that foods must meet before they can carry the healthy label on their packages.
Brooklyn Eagle
1 year ago
Health

Adams, long advocate for vegan diets, gets a 'win' at city hospitals

On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Health and Hospitals CEO Dr. Mitchell H. Katz announced that plant-based meals are now the primary options at H+H/Lincoln, Metropolitan and Woodhull Hospitals.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Health

Consistent consumption of highly processed foods can lead to cognitive decline: study

Throwing a frozen dinner into the microwave might be efficient in the moment, but it comes with a price, a new study indicates.
It might wreck your brain.
www.cnn.com
9 years ago
Health

How to help your hangover

The best way to avoid a hangover: Don't drink If you do have one, water can help with symptoms; so can healthy food The best hangover cure is sleep Here's the secret to avoiding a hangover this holiday.
Theregister
1 year ago
Business intelligence

Tired: Data scientists. Wired: Data artists

Data scientists are important, but what the world needs now is data artists, according to analysts at Gartner's Data and Analytics Summit in Sydney, Australia.Analysts Sally Parker and Peter Krensky explained that data artists are people who ask wider - even perhaps tangential - questions about data, and what it might reveal once probed by data scientists.
The Almond Eater
1 year ago
Everyday cooking

Homemade Dog Food

One of the best ways to know exactly what's going into your dog's bowl is to feed them Homemade Dog Food.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

DTC meat brand ButcherBox taps influencers to reach parents through short form videos

Direct-to-consumer meat brand ButcherBox is looking to reach new audiences, especially parents, with a short form video series featuring social media influencers who are also parents.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Children pushed to eat junk food over holidays by Whitehall campaign

Struggling families are being encouraged by the government to feed their children on discounted supermarket cafe menus comprising ultra-processed junk food over the summer holidays, experts have claimed.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston food

PlantPub, known for vegan bar food, expands to the Fenway

The restaurant will be serving sustainably sourced food.
PlantPub's second Boston location opens July 15 in the Fenway, bringing a new option for a pre- or post-game nosh: vegan bar foods.
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

Berkeley's Korean Superette Aims to Offer a Taste of Home with Tteokbokki and Soft Tofu Stew

The idea behind Berkeley's Korean Superette started as a grander plan seven years ago.
Food & Beverage Magazine
1 year ago
Food & drink

VALE FOOD CO EXPANDS WITH A NEW LOCATION BRINGING A HIGH QUALITY, HEALTHY AND QUICK FOOD EXPERIENCE TO MIAMI

After five years looking for a home in Miami and by popular demand, Vale Food Co is set to debut the seventh location of its Florida-grown restaurant brand in Miami's financial district, Brickell.
Secret London
8 years ago
London

12 Of The Best Spots To Enjoy Delicious Sushi In London

From swanky, award-winning spots to traditional, family-run joints, here's the Secret London lowdown of twelve places to get the best sushi in London.Don't say we don't look after you.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Improve facilities for HGV drivers or face new tax, MPs tell freight sector

The road haulage industry should be given a two-year deadline to upgrade facilities for lorry drivers, with clean showers, healthy food and spaces for female drivers, or face a new tax, ministers have been told.
Itsnicethat
1 year ago
Graphic design

Caserne on what makes their fun-filled portfolio stand out from the crowd

Interestingly, Caserne's beer-themed practical joke made the studio the perfect fit to deliver the visual identity for Club - a kombucha drink disguised as beer.
Chicago Sun-Times
1 year ago
Public health

Hybrid work schedule can have health benefits

First, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working in the office.Then when the pandemic started, we got advice on staying fit and healthy while working from home.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Student-led civics project comes to life with passage of food equity resolution - Austin Monitor

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by Kali Bramble
BBC Sport
2 years ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Fast-food dinner does not stop Exeter City

They say athletes need the right food to be ready to perform at their best - but Exeter City proved the exception to that rule after a torrid journey to Carlisle United.
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