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![]() | Nourish Uses Food Literacy to Connect Classrooms and CommunitiesGreen Schools National Network | September 9, 2015Society is obsessed with food. From farmers markets and farm to table restaurants to celebrity chefs and cookbooks galore, it is clear that the United States loves to eat. But do we really know the story of our food? MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Are You A Sage Foodie? A Quiz To Test Your Food Literacyallison aubrey | npr | october 23, 2013So, Food Day is almost upon us (it’s Oct 24). And maybe it’s time to test your mettle. The folks behind this celebration have devised a Food Literacy Quiz to gauge your knowledge of all things food–from farm to table. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Required viewing: Nourish transforms the food system through the school systemjessica goldman foung | edible san francisco | july 3, 2013Aurora Sekine, eighth grade teacher at Everett Middle School, asked her students a simple question: What is healthy food? MORE | ||||||
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![]() | My Wish for the Future: A Food Literate Societykirk bergstrom | good | january 7, 2013When I was growing up in Colorado, the last thing on our minds was the story of our food. It came from the grocery store, of course. Or a fast food chain. (Who can forget Der Wienerschnitzel?) MORE | ||||||
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![]() | YES! Recommends NourishJing Fong | yes! magazine | october 15, 2012Want a wonderful resource that will get your students thinking about the story of the food they eat, and what they can do to make healthy choices available to them and their community? MORE | ||||||
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![]() | What’s the Story of Your Food? Short Films by Nourishdana velden | the kitchn | september 13, 2011Parents, educators, librarians, and community leaders will all benefit from Nourish’s collection of videos and curriculum materials. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Nourish California Aims to Grow Food LiteracyGretchen Goetz | Food Safety News | April 27, 2011California, a state that has long been at the forefront of the fresh food movement, is planting the seed of its “California cuisine” in the next generation. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | SF-Based Nourish Helps Parents Unpack School Lunch ProgramsTara Duggan | The Bay Citizen | April 18, 2011The San Francisco-based organization offers free curriculum and DVDs to help students form an awareness of the sources of their food. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Nourish: Teaching About the Food SystemAdriana Velez | civil Eats | April 15, 2011Nourish California is a pilot educational initiative (led by nonprofit organization WorldLink) whose mission is to “increase food literacy and build healthier communities throughout California.” MORE | ||||||
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![]() | “Nourish” Campaign Targets the Next Generation of FoodiesAdriana Velez | Change.org | November 19, 2010The multi-year education initiative, Nourish, is designed to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability, and it ranks as one of the most large-scale youth nutrition programs ever undertaken. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | “Nourish” Provides Inspiration to the Next Generation of Food RevolutionariesLeslie Kruempel | Simple, Good, and Tasty | November 15, 2010I’ve heard or read Michael Pollan’s words so many times by now, if we ever were to meet, it’d feel like catching up with a familiar acquaintance. MORE | ||||||
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Nourish: Two Thumbs Up!Dr. Susan Rubin | Better School Food Blog | November 11, 2010The Nourish Middle School Curriculum Guide “gives students the critical thinking skills that will empower them for the rest of their lives.” MORE | |||||||
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![]() | “Nourish” TV Show Encourages Americans to Ask Where Their Food Comes FromBonnie Azab Powell | Grist | November 5, 2010PBS is now airing a half-hour TV program produced by a new “media and education initiative” that targets the growing number of “regular” Americans . . . who are hungry to know where their food comes from, in particular young people and families. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Nourish: Feel-Good Critique of the Food SystemJohn Birdsall | SF Weekly | October 21, 2010Around here, questioning where your food comes from is as reflexive as recycling, even if you lean on Safeway far more than you admit. A show airing on KQED next week drives home the question. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Nourish: Food + CommunityMaureen Puffer-Rothenberg | Educational Media Reviews | February 22, 2010Nourish is a call to eat more consciously, in particular by choosing locally and organically grown produce. MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Asked & AnsweredJaman Matthews | Heifer International World Ark | May 1, 2008Kirk Bergstrom is founder and president of WorldLink, the organization behind a new initiative called Nourish. The project, says Bergstrom, was inspired by an essential question: How can we create a more sustainable food system? MORE | ||||||
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![]() | Marin Academy’s Sustainable Food Program on PBS SpecialJennifer Upshaw | Marin Independent Journal | March 28, 2008Students at San Rafael’s Marin Academy got down in the dirt as the camera rolled Thursday for a documentary to air on PBS. MORE | ||||||
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