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Banking on 'liquid gold': How breast milk banks are saving infant lives

Soumya Satyajit

September 21, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

When babies are born in less that ideal scenarios, such as prematurely, both mother and baby are often impacted by the stress of the situation, impacting the amount of milk a mother can produce. Breast milk banks aim to address this, however, by providing human breast milk donated by volunteers to mothers and babies in need.

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A Breakthrough for U.S. Troops: Combat-Ready Pizza

Dave Philipps

September 20, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Army's line of shelf stable, combat-ready food was notoriously odious to eat, but they've just introduced a pizza meal in hopes of pleasing soldiers. The slice will last 36 months in a packet without going rancid or stale; it took several years of trail and error testing to develop. Initial test tests are positive.

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Hospital Food You Can Get Excited About

Richard Schiffman

September 20, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Glen Cove, New York

A Long Island health care system has implemented projects that address the centrality of food to people’s health and how hospitals can provide healthy food both during and after admission. These include hiring chefs to prepare palatable, healthy food for people during their stay, making diet part of a discharge plan, and creating a ‘food pharmacy’ for people to access healthy food after discharge.

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Running and Singing to Improve Maths and English

Dougal Shaw

September 18, 2018 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day running 6 laps around the school at each student's own pace) as a tool to get students physically fit and intellectually engaged. In Bradford, England, a failing school centered musical education (with a minimum of 3 hours a week in music class) as part of an overhaul of their curriculum, which has been successful in fulfilling students spiritually and strengthening key skills to use elsewhere.

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Making Healthy Habits Accessible for Every Body

Deonna Anderson

September 17, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Radically Fit, is a gym meant of be a safe space for people of color, queer people, or fat-identified among others. The gym is an alternative for people that don’t usually feel safe in typical gyms that are often dominated by white, cis men. “Imagine how much more amazing your experience would be if you walked into a space and immediately felt like the space was for you.”It also offers a sliding-scale program that makes it affordable for everyone.

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How Victoria's unhealthiest town is turning back tide of chronic disease

Jessica Black

September 15, 2018 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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Response Location: Australia

A grassroots community campaign called YCHANGe is fighting disease in a rural Australian town by promoting healthy eating. The group works to make healthy choices easier by changing the whole community's approach—rather than focusing on an individual. This rejection of personal blame and an embrace of big-picture solutions to unhealthy eating choices created a change in the community's mindset about health.

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Eat Your Vegetables: More States Promote Healthy Diet to Fend Off Illness

Marsha Mercer

September 07, 2018 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, California

Nutrition counseling, food vouchers, and cooking classes have helped patients improve their diets and overall health. With the success of localized “food as medicine” programs, some states have begun integrating the concept into their healthcare systems. California has led the way with a three-year pilot project providing medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling to roughly a thousand people with congestive heart failure.

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Meet the Chef Who Wants to Transform NYC School Lunch

Sophie Haigney

September 04, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, New London, Connecticut

Led by a prestigious chef, Brigaid radically transformed how school lunches were planned, tasted, and presented in the New London, Connecticut school district. Brigaid is taking the lessons learned in New London to their new project: working with the New York City school district.

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The man who is fervent about feeding hungry kids, but hates food banks

Aditya Chakrabortty

August 15, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: England, Liverpool, Merseyside

A social enterprise in England is tackling the issue of so-called holiday hunger for children who go days without full meals during breaks from school. Named Can Cook, this organization makes over 37,000 meals around the county of Merseyside alone for the 13 weeks a year that school is out. Can Cook is also part of a broader movement to make food banks— a once ad-hoc solution that is now industrialized — obsolete.

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African food businesses get nurturing from well-known giants

Fred de Sam Lazaro

August 13, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Food companies like General Mills and Hershey are sharing their expertise with entrepreneurs in Africa to help strengthen their businesses and depend less on foreign imports. Employees of the company volunteer through an organization called Partners in Food Solutions, and they share advice about things like hygiene, business plans, vitamin enrichment, and more. So far over 250 African businesses have worked with more than 1,400 Partners in Food Solutions employees.

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