Blog Posts in Category: Local
May 30, 2018
Learn how growing your own food can improve your physical and mental health, as well as the health of the environment. Growing your own produce is a simple solution to numerous health, environmental, and economic problems. Whether you are growing a single tomato plant or have a large backyard garden, it is beneficial to your health, as well as the environments. Five reasons to grow your own food include: 1. More Nutritious When growing your own food, your diet is more diverse and healthy,... Read More
October 10, 2017
Learn More About How You Can Make Your Dining Hall Visit Healthier Do you get sick of eating the same thing in the dining hall every day? Do you want something healthier? Look no further! This fall semester dining initiated Wellness Wednesdays, a time to provide new and heathy alternatives every Wednesday during lunch. Each dining hall has their own Wellness Wednesday feature, and each Wellness Wednesday is based off of Dining’s Menus of Change Principles. Menus of Change of was introduced by... Read More
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Getting the Family Outside this Fall
Many parents all around the country now have kids attending... Read more
Current Recommendations for Physical Activity
In 2008, the Department of Health and Human... Read more
How Food Can Boost the Immune System
We’ve all been told to drink a glass of orange juice if we... Read more
