Food and Health for All: Health Equity for Agricultural Farmworkers
Farmworkers—the hands that grow and supply so much of our daily food—pay a high price with their health and often their lives to provide our nourishment. Living below the U.S. federal poverty level, those who feed our nation are a young workforce facing economic, educational, health, and linguistic challenges.
Visualizing The Farm Bill
On this webinar, we explored critical public health connections in the Farm Bill with the help of the Visualizer tool and discussed the growing role of food and tech efforts to communicate information and effect change.
Addressing Obesity: Foundation Opportunities to Leverage The Weight of the Nation
This webinar discussed the Weight of the Nation project, which is designed to accelerate efforts to prevent and eliminate obesity across the United States.
2012 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy
2012 Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy was held from March 7-9, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Creating Healthier Communities to Reverse Childhood Obesity
Learn how the YMCA’s Healthier Communities Initiatives, which include Pioneering Healthier Communities, Action Communities for Health, Innovation, & Environmental Change, and Statewide Pioneering Healthier Communities, are helping to address the obesity epidemic.
2011 Fall Forum: Too Few Choices, Too Much Junk: Connecting Food and Health
The 2011 GIH Fall Forum was held on November 4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
2011 GIH Fall Forum
The GIH Fall Forum was held November 3-4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
The Farm Bill and Health: Understanding the Connections
Webinar participants learned about Creating Common Ground, a joint project of SAFSF, GIH, and the national Convergence Partners, and ways they can get involved in ongoing work.
Disparities in Food Access and in Opportunities for Physical Activity
This article discusses the causes for the rising tide of preventable chronic disease, not only in Massachusetts but across the country. It also highlights some of the key factors that have produced this change and the parts of the population that are often more affected.
Myths and Facts about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
The world of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may seem mystifying to funders. In this era of health reform – with a renewed emphasis on prevention and wellness – it may be the perfect time for philanthropy to explore its opportunities.
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