hungry caterpillar
Going to work recently, I noticed a poster hanging by our local theater announcing an upcoming showing of The Very Hungry Caterpillar […]
MAV Co-Founder Speaks on Corporate Giving
Creating a corporate culture of philanthropy and community service requires much more than sending out a memo or writing a policy. It requires building a grassroots movement. The five executives who convened Tuesday at First County Bank’s Summer Street headquarters underscored those points during a panel discussion on philanthropic strategies organized by the Mark Lapine Endowment for Families in Business, a foundation that supports families in business in Fairfield County. The quintet have overseen the distribution of some $45 million in funds and services in the past decade to groups supported by their firms.
Book Review: Conscious Eating
Conscious Eating has been referred to as the “Bible of Vegetarians,” for both beginners and advanced students of health. This classic
Book Review: Why Calories Count
Calories—too few or too many—are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today’s globalized world. Although calories
Book Review: The China Study
Even today, as trendy diets and a weight-loss frenzy sweep the nation, two-thirds of adults are still obese and children
Book Review: In Defense of Food
With In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should
Book Review: Food Over Medicine
Nearly half of Americans take at least one prescription medicine, with almost a quarter taking three or more, as diseases
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma 10th Anniversary Edition
How did we get here, America? How did our relationship get so broken? And where do we go now? Starting
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Food Pantries in US Campuses. Really?
Hunger in America is not only counter intuitive but it continues to confound, baffle and upset. Thought hunger was rural? In inner cities alone? “Tucked away in a discreet office at Brooklyn College’s Student Center, beyond the pool tables and wide-screen TVs where her classmates congregate, Rebecca Harmata discovered a lifeline.” A Food Pantry
Pantries add to Diabetes crisis
We already know 72% of SNAP participants are overweight or obese. Pantries despite performing a very important service are taking that crisis even further….into diabetes and cardio vascular disease. New York Times article on this subject is revealing.