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Obesity + hunger = a global food issue

August 5th, 2010 We’ve mentioned before how obesity and hunger are twin faces of the same coin here in Alabama,and both are related to poverty. This may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true. Ellen Gustafson of the UN Global Hunger Initiative gave a great talk in May...

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities – Jefferson County

August 3rd, 2010 It’s about time we gave a shout-out to the fabulous work our friend Amanda Storey is doing coordinating Jefferson County’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) grant. HKHC is a 4-year grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supporting...

Sustaining service-learning

July 30th, 2010 Last Wednesday, APP hosted our annual higher education alliance meeting and invited our members to discuss faculty incentives for service-learning. Our panelists – Dr. Cindy Walker from Faulkner University, Dr. Nancy Francisco Stuart from Jacksonville...

Things that are possible: ending childhood hunger

July 28th, 2010 Childhood food security – image via npr.org The Obama administration has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015. What does that mean, and how can we reach that goal? NPR’s All Things Considered recently looked at this question over a 2-part series....

Call for proposals: 2010 Alabama Food Summit

July 27th, 2010 Save the date: the 2010 Alabama Food Summit is scheduled for November 12-13, 2010. Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, will be the keynote speaker. We’re big fans of Mark’s advocacy on behalf of food access and food security; he writes that...