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Farm To School: Strategies For Urban Health, Combatting Sprawl, And Establishing Community Food Systems, Mark Vallianatos, Robert Gottlieb, Margaret Haase
Farm To School: Strategies For Urban Health, Combatting Sprawl, And Establishing Community Food Systems, Mark Vallianatos, Robert Gottlieb, Margaret Haase
Mark Vallianatos
Farm-to-school is a new, innovative strategy with multiple planning-related objectives. The article evaluates the significance of farm-to-school in relation to improving the health and nutrition of school-age children, particularly low-income youth; strengthening the capacity of local farmers, particularly those engaged in sustainable practices; adding to the toolkit of strategies designed to contain and ultimately reduce sprawl-inducing developments by helping preserve farmland; and helping establish a community food systems approach no longer entirely dependent on the global food system that has come to dominate food growing, processing, distribution, and consumption patterns around the world.
The Goods: Myths And Facts About Probiotics, Andrea Arikawa
The Goods: Myths And Facts About Probiotics, Andrea Arikawa
Andrea Y Arikawa
Probiotics are “live microorganisms that when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit to the host,” according to the World Health Organization. Andrea Arikawa, registered dietitian nutritionist and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of North Florida, debunks myths and offers a recipe for you to try.
What’S A Probiotic & Why Do We Need Them?, Andrea Arikawa
What’S A Probiotic & Why Do We Need Them?, Andrea Arikawa
Andrea Y Arikawa
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