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Comments on documentaries: Food, Inc. & Fresh?
by Suzy Pelican 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

SNE and F&NSPEC listserv members: **Apologies for any duplicate messages** I am hoping some of you may be able to point me toward information I think must be out there...but that I haven't been able to find! I've seen both "Food Inc." and "Fresh" - two recently released documentaries about the contemporary U.S. food system, with emphasis on serious problems created by factory farms and other practices common within large-scale agricultural operations. These are powerful and thought-provoking films, and they put forth - visually and orally - some critical issues (health, ethical, environmental to name just a few) for all to consider. That said, I am also interested in viewers who may question some of the perspectives/facts shared in either or both of these films. As I said above, I know the films raise critical issues, but I sense that some of the films' generalities might be overstated. (Admittedly, I may be wrong in this, but I'd like a broader foundation for evaluation than just my own inadequate knowledge base!) Thanks, in advance, for any insights you could share with me and/or any references/websites/etc. you could point me toward. Suzy Suzanne Pelican, MS, RD Food & Nutrition Specialist / WIN Wyoming Coordinator Family & Consumer Sciences University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service Dept. 3354, 1000 E. University Laramie, WY 82071 307-766-5177; fax: 307-766-5686 pelican(a)uwyo.edu www.uwyo.edu/cesnutrition www.uwyo.edu/winwyoming

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SNE releases a report on the value of nutrition education
by strategicnutr＠aol.com 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Dear SNEEZErs, Attached is a press release announcing SNE's report State of Nutrition Education and Promotion for Children and Adolescents. Please forward it to friends and colleagues who would also be interested in reading it and using it to help justify the need for more nutrition education. Thanks, Nicole Nicole Turner-Ravana, MS Strategic Nutrition Communications LLC “Talking Food, Inspiring Health" www.StrategicNutrition.org 818.825.9136

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Announcing Latest Issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues
by Jackie McClelland 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Greetings: This note is to introduce the latest issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues found at http://ncsu.edu/ffci. You may have already read this issue as I should have sent this announcement out quite a while back. I am including the Welcome and the paper abstracts below: Welcome! Promoting the health and wellbeing of our country’s youth is an effort I believe all citizens and professionals support. Our youth and their families play pivotal roles in our society. Yet there is much that we need to learn about our youth and how they as a population have increased in size and have changed in needs and behavior over the years. For instance, children and adolescents from birth to age 17 now constitute one-fourth of our country’s population. The U.S. adolescent population increased by 16.6 percent from 1990 to 2000 and the population is projected to increase to an estimated 41.6 million by the year 2010. While the youth are healthier than adults in general, from 13 to 23 percent experience special health care needs or chronic illnesses and disabilities. In 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey showed that 14.5% of students in grades 9 to 12 had lifetime asthma and 13.1% were overweight. To add to the health issues large differences exist between the stresses, pressures and lifestyles lived by today’s youth than that previously experienced by earlier generations. Seventy one percent of all deaths among persons aged 10 to 24 years result from four causes: motor vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide and suicide. Professionals who serve our population of youth need more knowledge, skills, tools, and training to promote positive outcomes. In this issue we offer a diversity of papers that focus on a variety of approaches to and issues that surround our youth and their eventual growth, health and wellbeing. They cover the gamut from older youth reaching younger youth to supporting pediatricians with parenting information, and from direct delivery of educational curriculum to students to looking at the role of parental communication quality on youth behavior. These papers will benefit many areas of your efforts with youth. Enjoy! Paper Abstracts: Recruiting college students to be youth mentors Kathy Dimick,Utah State University Extension System; Brian J. Higginbotham, Stacey MacArthur, Utah State University; Monti Poulson, Utah State University Extension System Abstract Mentoring programs are becoming an increasingly popular intervention to promote positive youth development. However, in the United States there are more at-risk youth than there are mentors. One concentrated source of mentors is students on college and university campuses. This article discusses the recruiting strategies employed by one Extension-sponsored mentoring program. The three strategies outlined have been instrumental in securing committed and caring college-aged mentors. Rites of passage during adolescence Scott D. Scheer, Stephen M. Gavazzi, The Ohio State University; David G. Blumenkrantz, Center for the Advancement of Youth, Family, and Community Services, Inc. Abstract The literature on rites of passage in adolescence is reviewed, with particular attention given to the essential components for positive developmental outcomes. Three human development orientations – life course, life span, and life cycle – are presented to examine rites of passage as they relate to life transitions. Within these orientations, positive rites of passage are framed as requiring both events and cognitive processes of the event. In other words, rites of passage events must be significant for adolescents not only as experiences, but having special meaning, emotion, and understanding. A model is introduced that highlights the potentially positive and negative roles that rites of passage can play in the transition to adulthood. In addition, investigations are discussed to help understand the complex rites of passage mechanisms. Finally, the benefits of employing rites of passage strategies are illustrated through youth development programs. Family life educators supporting pediatricians with parenting information Karen DeBord, Rebecca Stelter, North Carolina State University Abstract Pediatricians report seeing 40 to 60 patients per day. Many parents of these patients have specific questions about behavioral and developmental issues such as discipline, sleep, nutrition, and toileting, all of which are topics that family life educators are prepared to address routinely. Collaboration between Extension educators and pediatricians can benefit patients, parents, and pediatric practices, as well as family life education programs. Adolescent nutrition and exercise behavior: A preliminary investigation into the role of parental communication quality Kay M. Palan, Mary Lynn Damhorst, Iowa State University, Jennifer Paff Ogle, Colorado State University; Cheryl O. Hausafus, Cheryll A. Reitmeier ,Iowa State University ; Grace Marquis, McGill University Abstract This paper addresses an issue that has received little attention within the literature: the role that parents play in shaping children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Of particular interest was the influence of parental style and the quality of parent-child communication upon children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Twenty family units with a child in middle school were studied during home visits. Data were collected with a survey instrument, including measures related to parent-adolescent communication quality, warm and restrictive parenting styles, adolescent nutrition concern, adolescent weight loss behaviors, and adolescent exercise commitment and satisfaction. Results suggest that adolescents’ nutrition concerns were positively related to good communication quality and restrictive parenting behaviors, and they support the significance of parental communication on adolescents’ nutrition and exercise attitudes and behaviors. Implications for education and intervention are identified. Morality and money: Relating character and values to financial education in grades K-4 Thomas A. Lucey, Illinois State University; Duane M. Giannangelo, The University of Memphis; Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Oklahoma State University (Tulsa Campus); Julia A. Heath, Michael M. Grant, The University of Memphis Abstract This study examines the inclusion of a moral component to teaching financial education to children in grades K-4. Comparisons were made between current financial education areas and suggested moral items. Morality was defined and measured by modifying items from the courtesy, generosity, and sportsmanship subscales of Bulach and Butler’s (2002) survey. The study found that levels of agreement with financial morality items were similar to the levels of agreement with the generally accepted areas. Findings must be extended to a larger sample for confirmation or refutation, using a more extensive measure of financial morality. The authors invite further examination into the prospect of developing moral tenets within financial education. Got Calcium? - A youth curriculum that promotes dairy and non-dairy sources of calcium Martha Raidl, Rhea Lanting, Katie Miner, Joey Peutz, University of Idaho Abstract Most children are not meeting dietary calcium requirements. To address this issue, a four-lesson youth curriculum called Got Calcium?, which promotes dairy and non-dairy calcium-rich foods, was developed. Two hundred and thirty-two students and 196 family members participated in the study. After four lessons, students significantly increased (p<0.001) their knowledge of calcium and calcium-rich foods. A parent take-home food frequency form revealed that students’ current intake of calcium came from dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt) products. By the end of the four lessons, approximately 40 percent to 70 percent of students selected non-dairy calcium-rich foods (kale, greens, tofu, and salmon) when planning calcium-rich meals. Strengthening Families Through Military 4-H Partnerships Debra A. Jones, Joanne Roueche, Utah State University Extension Abstract Extension, 4-H, and the military have been partners since World War I. Through the recent decade, the U.S. Army, Air Force, and 4-H have partnered to provide positive youth development on military installations involving over 7,000 youth in 4-H clubs in the U.S. and abroad. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new initiative extends this same support to military youth and families who are not affiliated with military installations, but who are dispersed in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the nation through the National Guard and Reserve. All youth involved through military outreach are enrolled as 4-H members through their respective counties. As the program becomes more widely known, counties integrate these youth in local, state, regional, and national 4-H activities and events. Authors share their experience developing relationships, implementing positive youth development programs, and explain how these successful actions resulted in funding sources for increased outreach. Youth Teaching Youth: Evaluation of the Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions cross-age teaching program Carly Emil, Jodi Dworkin, Carol Skelly, University of Minnesota Extension Abstract The Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions (ATD) program was developed by the Extension Service in a midwestern state. The program’s unique format of cross-age teaching uses local high school students to instruct fourth-grade students, rather than the typical teacher-to-student format. The ATD program operates under the 4-H model of promoting positive youth development and older youth teaching younger youth. To begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the ATD program in changing students’ knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and advertising, students completed a pre- and post-test. This pilot evaluation yielded statistically significant improvements in knowledge in all content areas. Future directions for evaluation of cross-age teaching programs are explored. -- ***************************************************************** Jacquelyn W. McClelland, Ph.D. Professor, Department Extension Leader,and Nutrition Specialist Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences North Carolina Cooperative Extension, CALS, NC State University Campus Box 7605, 112 Ricks Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-7605 Phone: 919-515-9148 FAX: 919-515-2786 Email: jackie_mcclelland(a)ncsu.edu Department Home Page: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/dept/fcs/faculty/jmcclell.html Editor-In-Chief, The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues (FFCI) http://www.ncsu.edu/ffci/ Author: Give Your Heart a Healthy Beat! http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/hhb/

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Consider adding your nutrition and health resource (or those of colleagues) to this NEW website
by Schuster, Ellen R. 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Looking for a resource for parents on childhood obesity? Or training materials? We want YOU to share your materials on a Wiki collaboration page so that others across the country can benefit from them. When recently surveyed, 94% of state nutrition and health specialists said they wanted a one-stop web page to share timely resources. The NIFA Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance Committee has set up a wiki collaboration page at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/USDA-NIFA_Nutrition_and_Health_Commit… There is a 3 ½ minute Windows media player introduction video about this webpage and how to submit resources on this website. How do you submit resources to this wiki page? · Go to the webpage (see above) and click on the link for the on-line submission form · If you know of a resource that someone else has developed that you think should be added to the webpage, send an email to Ellen Schuster (link to email address off the wiki main page) and Ellen will follow up on your suggestion. · Forward this email to a colleague and suggest they submit their resource. Questions? Feel free to contact Ellen Schuster at schusterer(a)missouri.edu<mailto:schusterer@missouri.edu>, NIFA Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance Committee (communications subcommittee chair) Thanks and take care! Ellen

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Mini-grant to implement Operation Frontline's cooking-based nutrition training for child care providers: Eating Smart from the Start
by Edwards, Leigh Ann 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hello Hope everyone is having a good week! Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline is proud to present Eating Smart from the Start, a hands-on, cooking-based education program for child care providers serving low-income preschool children. This professional training program is specially designed to empower providers to plan, prepare, and serve healthy meals and create a healthy food environment for the kids in their care. Each of its five modules offer child care providers hands-on practice in the kitchen, interactive discussions on ways to make healthy choices about food served to kids, and strategies to promote positive attitudes about food among kids. This opportunity is ideal for organizations that are looking to initiate or expand the training they provide to child care providers. Eating Smart from the Start is currently offered only through Operation Frontline's existing program partners. Now, Operation Frontline is seeking to pilot the program with agencies outside of our traditional partnerships, with the goal of evaluating the feasibility of forming new relationships with agencies who would implement only this particular curriculum out of our suite of seven cooking-based curricula. Selected pilot partners will receive instructor and participant manuals, branded incentives to provide to course graduates, a $1,500 grant to cover incremental costs of the course, and an average of 8 hours of training and technical assistance. In addition, pilot partners will be able to provide fun, hands-on nutrition training for child care providers in their area, using an evidence-based curriculum launched by the nationally recognized Operation Frontline program. It is our intention that agencies will continue to implement the program following the pilot period if desired. Please see the attached application that includes a FAQs section and instructions for applicants. Completed applications are to be submitted, through Share Our Strength's Cybergrants no later than July 19th, 2010. If you have any questions regarding the application, please submit them by email to Leigh Ann Edwards at laedwards(a)strength.org <mailto:laedwards@strength.org> . Please feel free to share with others you think might be interested. We look forward to receiving your application! Sincerely Leigh Ann Leigh Ann Edwards, MPH, RD National Program Operations Director Operation Frontline a program of Share Our Strength d: 704.544.1723 c: 704.756.2457 f: 704.544.1729 e: laedwards(a)strength.org www.OperationFrontline.org

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Announcement: IOM Workshop on Planning a Research Agenda for WIC
by Fern Gale Estrow 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

FYI.... Begin forwarded message: > From: Margo Wootan <mwootan(a)cspinet.org> > Date: June 29, 2010 9:42:50 PM EDT > To: NANA Coalition <nana(a)cspinet.org> > Subject: Fw: Announcement: IOM Workshop on Planning a Research > Agenda for WIC > > > From: FNB Announcements [mailto:FNBAnnouncements@nas.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:35 AM > Subject: Announcment: IOM Workshop on Planning a Research Agenda for > WIC > > In response to a request from the Food and Nutrition Service of the > USDA for a workshop on planning a WIC research agenda, the IOM will > conduct a 2-day public workshop on emerging research needs for the > Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and > Children (commonly referred to as the WIC Program). The meeting will > be held at the St. Gregory Hotel, St Gregory Room, 2033 M Street, > NW, Washington, DC on July 20th from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and July 21st > from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm. > > Information and registration are available at http://iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/WICResearchAgenda.aspx > >

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Looking for a JNEB New Resource Reviewer - Purposeful Play
by Stacey Krawczyk 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi all- Do you develop programs for early childhood and are trying to incorporate more physical activity? Are you having trouble with finding activities that fit into the budget? The *Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior* (JNEB) currently has a book titled ‘Purposeful Play’ (by McCall RM & Craft DH) that may be a good resource for those working in this area. If you would like to add this book to your library and write a 1 page review/evaluation for JNEB, contact Kristin Faust (managingeditor(a)jneb.org) or Stacey Krawczyk ( reviewseditor(a)jneb.org) for more details.

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DECLARE YOUR FOOD INDEPENDENCE THIS JULY 4
by angie.tagtow＠mac.com 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Davis, Haberman, 612.372.6465, eric(a)modernstorytellers.com Lindsey Frey, Haberman, 612.372.6449, lindsey(a)modernstorytellers.com DECLARE YOUR FOOD INDEPENDENCE THIS JULY 4 A Call for Individuals – and a National Petition to the 50 Governors and Other Elected Officials – to Celebrate Independence Day with Locally Sourced Meals MINNEAPOLIS (June 14, 2010) – 50 states. 50 governors. 50 first families celebrating July 4 with locally sourced food – that’s the vision of a grassroots group of individuals passionate about the healthful and economic benefits of local food. For the second year, Kitchen Gardeners International is conducting “Food Independence Day” (www.FoodIndependenceDay.org), a petition asking the nation’s 50 governors and thousands of elected officials to help declare their food independence next month by eating a locally sourced meal on Independence Day. With support from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Food and Society Fellows, the goal of the campaign is to educate and encourage consumers to source local and sustainable ingredients for their holiday meals. And, by requesting that their elected officials do the same, locavores are able to show, not just tell, officials why they think policy that supports local food systems is smart, healthy and patriotic. The petition is accessible via www.FoodIndependenceDay.org and asks elected officials to “Whet our appetites by publishing your planned menu in advance of the holiday. Share your recipes and the names of the local farmers, fisherfolk and food producers whose ingredients you’ll be using. And, tell us why local food matters to you. “As residents of your states and by our signatures below,” the petition continues, “we pledge to join you in this celebration of edible independence by eating healthy and delicious foods from our own local farms, gardens, and communities.” This is the second year Kitchen Gardeners International and IATP have joined to encourage Food Independence on Independence Day among individuals and elected officials. Last year, 10 governors shared their local 4th of July menus, and more than 5,000 individuals signed the petition and pledge. Including last year’s signatures, more than 6,000 have already signed for 2010. “Food Independence Day easily illustrates that eating local foods is patriotic, whether you’re buying them from producers in your area or growing some of your own. They’re good for our local farmers, our economies, our health, and our nation,” said Erin MacDougall, an IATP Food and Society Fellow and the Healthy Eating and Active Living Program Manager for Seattle and King County Public Health in Washington State. “Through this effort, we hope to foster enough interest and momentum that our 50 governors, their families and communities across the nation will take note and enjoy their July 4 celebrations by feasting on local produce, meats, beverages and desserts from their region. In doing so, we hope they set an example for and encourage their constituents to do the same.” For more information and to sign to the petition, individuals can visit the Facebook site accessible through http://foodindependenceday.org/. Once on the site, participants can share details, photos, menus and locations of their own locally sourced 4th of July meals. Organizers will submit the petitions to governors the final week of June, in the days leading up to their July 4 holiday. About Kitchen Gardeners International KGI is a nonprofit network of over 10,000 gardeners from 100 countries who are working together to help individuals, families, and communities achieve greater levels of food self-reliance through the promotion of kitchen gardening, home-cooking, and sustainable local food systems. In doing so, KGI seeks to connect, serve, and expand the global community of people who grow some of their own food. For more info, see: http://www.kitchengardeners.org/ About the IATP Food and Society Fellows The IATP Food and Society Fellows Program provides fellowships to professionals in food and agriculture from across North America, enabling them to use mass media channels to inform and shape the public agenda. The goal of the program is to create sustainable food systems that promote good health, vibrant communities, environmental stewardship, worker justice and accessibility for all. Fellows come from many disciplines—chefs, farmers, nutritionists, activists, public health professionals, fishers, policy experts and academics. www.foodandsocietyfellows.org. # # # Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Environmental Nutrition Solutions An ecological approach to food and health 13464 NE 46th Street Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com 2008-2009 Food & Society Policy Fellow Managing Editor Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WHEN

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Special Issue: Re-regionalizing the Food System
by angie.tagtow＠mac.com 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

All manuscripts from this special issue are available open access at http://cjres.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol3/issue2/index.dtl. Excerpt from Editorial Statement: This edition of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society is devoted to examining food system (re)-regionalization—a topic that has exploded in academic and public policy circles over the last 5 years. The growing interest in regionalizing food systems is linked to broader concerns that the conventional agro-industrial food system has not effectively provided a nutritious, sustainable and equitable supply of food to the world's population. Technological innovations have provided cheap food to millions, but there are costs of such a system in terms of soil and water depletion, food safety scares, animal welfare, declining rural communities, rising obesity and diet-related health problems, as well as growing food insecurity. These costs were brought into sharp focus in 2007–2008 when a price surge in world food prices led to food-related riots in over 60 countries. The majority of the papers in this issue begin with the assumption that the conventional agro-industrial food system is malfunctioning. The interpretation of how broken and what to do about it, however, is where these papers diverge and offer varied perspectives on food system re-regionalization. Papers provide evidence from both the global north and the global south, as well as rural and urban perspectives. They also enlist different conceptual frameworks ranging from urban political ecology to institutional economics. This introduction to the special issue reviews (i) definitions of food system (re)-regionalization, (ii) past and current conceptual perspectives on re-regionalized food systems, (iii) evidence of new institutional arrangements in particular regions and (iv) directions for future research. Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Environmental Nutrition Solutions An ecological approach to food and health 13464 NE 46th Street Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com 2008-2009 Food & Society Policy Fellow Managing Editor Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WHEN

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AFRI NIFA Fellows RFA posted today; subission deadline October 5
by Saltos, Etta 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Colleagues, I apologize for any cross-posting. The following grant opportunity postings were made available today on the Grants.gov Find Opportunities service: USDA Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Fellowships Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=55439 These are for post-doctoral and pre-doctoral fellowships. The submission deadline is October 5. Additional details can be found in the RFA. Etta Saltos Etta A. Saltos, Ph.D. National Program Leader, Human Nutrition National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA Regular Mail (allow a minimum of 2 weeks for delivery): Mail Stop 2241 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20250-2241 Express Mail (for time sensitive information, use overnight delivery service): Waterfront Centre, Room 2334 800 9th St., SW Washington, DC 20024 telephone (202) 401-5178 fax (202) 401-6488 Please note my new E-mail address: esaltos(a)nifa.usda.gov Investing In Science | Securing Our Future

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