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09/11/15

As millions of students around the nation return to school cafeterias this month, Congress will begin to make some important decisions about what exactly those students will be eating in the years to come. The “ Child Nutrition Reauthorization ” (CNR) takes place every five years and shapes federal...

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Bettina Siegel

Food!

09/11/15

There is tremendous progress underway toward improving schools foods. Yet, some food companies, school food service organizations, and Members of Congress are trying to roll back these improvements, including around fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and salt. For example they’re trying to...

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Margo Wootan

Food!

09/11/15

#BacktoSchool shouldn't have to mean that kids go back to being exposed to extra marketing for junk food. But in too many schools, that's exactly the case. Scoreboards, vending machines, textbooks, fundraisers, school discount nights at local restaurants, and even even scholarships are all common...

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Lori Dorfman

Politics & Policy

09/11/15

“Prophetic grief is more than crying and sighing and weeping and mourning . . . Prophetic grief is planting gardens of healing in the midst of raindrops of blood. Prophetic grief is declaring to the world that love is stronger than hate, that God’s grace is greater than our grief, that God’s power...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Health Care

09/10/15

On Wednesday September, 9th, MomsRising hosted the weekly Wellness Wednesday chat with a focus around suicide prevention. This is such an important topic. According to the Suicide Prevention Research Center, suicides consistently outnumber homicides. Suicide rate is trending up while homicide rate...

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Sili Recio

Blog Carnivals Food!

09/10/15

“Everyone has a starting point; the point is… get started!” ~ Jessica David My mom has a dark green thumb. She has always grown with much success house plants and over the last several years she has had an abundant garden. Years ago she used to gift me hard-to-kill green plants but trust me, they...

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Jessica David

Blog Carnivals Food!

09/10/15

I'm a big advocate of getting sufficient sleep. While sleep is one of the basic biological and physiological needs, we parents tend not to give the topic the attention that it deserves. In reality, sleep is as important to our overall family health as our nutrition and exercise. It is so important...

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Kimberly Coleman

Food!

09/09/15

As a mother, I want the best for my children. I try to give them opportunities to live a healthy, happy life. This includes limiting the amount of candies and sweets they eat, and trying to make sure their schools keep student health in mind. At the beginning of the year, I share my opinion with my...

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Elizabeth Duda

Food!

09/09/15

With school starting soon, I want to continue feeding my boys the same way at school as I do at home. I did have to make some adjustments since they don’t have use of a microwave and I want to give them lunches that they can easily open and eat quickly. When I make lunch for the boys I tend to make...

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Trina O'Boyle

Food!

09/08/15

Wow, what a week! So much good info, advice and support is being shared through the Good Food Force Back to School Event . In case you’ve missed any of it, check out the round-up of week 1 posts below. And be sure to join the group to participate in conversations on these topics, share your own...

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