Int’l community-based nurse researcher | #Foodsystems | #FoodisMedicine | #Breastcancer and #CVrisk | #Black women and #HTN | Community organizer at heart.
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'Food is Medicine: Healing Together' focuses on food justice. Dr. Saria Lofton from UIC and Jennine Wise from Good Food is Good Medicine joins WGN Weekend Morning News to share more on their initiative. wgntv.com/morning-news/
What a pleasure to talk about Food is Medicine with NBC 5 Chicago! #foodismedicine #Chicago #foodaccess
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There’s only so much heat and flooding land can take. If this keeps up, which it will, we’ll all be paying a lot more for food, until theres no more left to buy, large scale at least. And no, the breadbasket growing areas won’t be moving to higher latitudes. 🌍
Food is medicine programs can improve health, reduce food insecurity chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/…
South Korea recycles 90% of food waste into feed, fertilizer, and fuel, cutting methane emissions and resource wastage. Something to think about here in the West. #FoodWasteSolutions #ClimateAction nytimes.com/2023/06/14/world…
Looking forward to speaking alongside these wonderful speakers about racial differences in breast cancer incidence and cardiovascular risks as a Workbench Researcher using #AllOfUs data
Join us on Jun 24, 2023 at 12 PM EST for our Health Equity & Inclusion themed National Research Symposium. 👩🏽🔬🔬
This national research symposium will address HEALTH EQUITY through varied lenses designed to resonate with researchers and network members across the United States who could benefit from joining the NIH Researcher Workbench. ✨
🔗Register NOW:
bit.ly/HEISymposium
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More states are using Medicaid to develop food-as-medicine initiatives, part of the strategy released by the Biden administration’s White House Conference on Hunger. buff.ly/3uRjUlF
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Mecca Bey and Nyabweza “Bweza” Itaagi started the Sistas in the Village farm in South Chicago during the pandemic.
They’re growing watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, potatoes, and more, with the goal of establishing a nourishing and collaborative space for the community.
The Black-woman-led Sistas in the Village farm is bringing fresh food to the South Side. buff.ly/3OSPcRh
Scary thought that " By 2025, two in three people may face water shortages"
Globally, 1.1 billion people lack access to water.
To achieve the #GlobalGoals and build a prosperous, sustainable and equal world for all, #EveryDrop 💧 counts.
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Extinction due to GDP growth is now projected to be so extreme (20%-50% of species by the 2040s) scientists are calling for economic system change even as they freeze the cells of amphibians, birds, and mammals in case future generations can bring them back from annihilation.🧵
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Scientists successfully grow plants in moon soil for the first time
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Fascinating piece by @GeorgeMonbiot about #soil, regenerative #agriculture
and new approaches to feeding the world in a #sustainable way. We have a lot of the answers already - we just need to apply the knowledge.
#Sustainability #Conservation theguardian.com/environment/…?
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Faced with worsening drought, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has ordered major watering restrictions aimed at reducing demand.
Here is what you need to know:
latimes.com/california/story…
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MT @ilstewards: The 2022 Resilience Fund Application is now open! Apply for up to $10,000 in Investment in On-Farm Infrastructure. The Fund helps IL farmers to scale and adapt their businesses to build a more resilient food system.
ilstewards.org/2022-resilien…
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Meghan Giroux hopes to convince farmers that trees in a field are not necessarily a bad thing. The director of Interlace Commons is lead consultant of a program implementing an agroforestry approach on three PA farms, in partnership with @pasafarming. lancasterfarming.com/news/ma…
This is a great story of how one abandoned garden became 12 urban farms and changed the lives of children in Harlem @HarlemGrown upworthy.com/harlem-grown-ga…
