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May 11, 2016

What young kid hasn't splashed herself in the face trying to drink from a water fountain? My two-year old always misfires just a bit when trying to get a drink, often leaving both of us chuckling. But I love that she drinks water, and she does too. Indeed we've made lots of progress when it comes...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

May 11, 2016

Great news, friends. Restaurants, supermarkets, coffee shops and other similar establishments will soon be required to display calorie counts on menus and menu boards. Translation: no more guessing about how many calories are in that soup, sandwich, cookie. Menu labeling is a HUGE help, am I right...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

January 21, 2016

As a mom, I know that healthy school meals make sense. They nourish our kids’ bodies and minds, enabling them to learn and engage throughout the school day. And a new study from Healthy Eating Research conducted in middle and high schools in Washington State backs up my common-sense mom-logic,...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

January 20, 2016

Earlier this month the government released new Dietary Guidelines for Americans , which provide important nutrition guidance that helps everything from families to federal programs align with the latest thinking around health and nutrition. For example: nutrition labels on products? Based on the...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

September 4, 2015

Schools, parents, teachers, communities ... we're all working together to make the school day healthy for learners of all ages. But what does that mean: a healthy school day? And what challenges do we face in achieving it? Let's hash out a group definition for "healthy school day", and a working...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

August 31, 2015

As food advocates, we grapple with everything from personal challenges to staying healthy, to structural challenges around food access.

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

August 31, 2015

We've been unpacking some key terms around food justice through the Good Food Force Facebook Group, and better yet: developing our own shared working definitions of these concepts. Check out the latest conversation, on food security, below!

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter