Food Deserts: Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Healthy Eating
Food deserts refer to areas with limited availability of fresh, affordable, and nutritious food. Food deserts can exist in urban and rural communities. These areas often lack grocery stores or supermarkets offering healthy food options. Inadequate access to fresh and nutritious food in food deserts contributes to adverse health outcomes,…
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From Seed to Plate: Building School Gardens for Sustainable Food Education
Envision a world where students eagerly savour fresh, nourishing meals, possess a profound connection with nature, and are fervently dedicated to sustainable food practices. This world isn’t a distant fantasy; it is an achievable reality through the implementation of school gardens. These invaluable green spaces grant students the opportunity to…
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Recipes From the Nourishing Schools Toolkit Help Children Adopt a Healthier Diet
Our dietary habits directly affect our health. Due to our busy schedules and fast pace of life, we often eat based on convenience rather than on health. We often eat to please our taste buds, without realizing the health risks associated with such habits. Eating healthy foods strengthens your immune…
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Cookathon For Karnataka – Improving Nutrition in Mid Day Meals
On 12th April, in the evening at around 4 pm, Something’s Cooking studio was buzzing with enthusiasm. Organic farmers K Kallappa and his wife, Sumangala, had come all the way from Bellary and applied their local knowledge of 1,136 years to create a recipe that is highly nutritious. At 5…
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