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In the Media
Virtual Class: Stay Healthy & Waste Less
Join Anna in her kitchen (virtually!) and learn about how to reduce food waste using foods past its prime, such as stale bread and brown bananas… on Instagram’s IGTV! * Residents of San Mateo County can earn $6 worth of VeggieRX Vouchers; watch until the end for special instructions.
Gucci Osteria’s Massimo Bottura is offering free virtual cooking classes on IG
We love to see all of the great resources like these free virtual cooking classes being offerred during these challenging times. Let’s support each other and nourish ourselves and our communities. We’re starting to compile resources that we’ll add to our website. Please share any resources that you’ve come across.
My Life as a Public Health Crisis
Strong personal account of the complexities of living in a big body and working in the field of food justice. “Food justice is not about forcing people to eat food they don’t want. It’s about changing the world they live in so they can make choices about what they eat, and believing that those choices […]
Saner Mindset for Weight Loss
We love this approach. Here are some practical tips for how to reframe weight loss in a way that makes it more sustainable, and hopefully easier and more enjoyable. “Think about your life. Think about the healthiest foods you can eat and still be happy. Think about the kinds of exercise you truly enjoy. And […]
Nutrition is an overlooked aspect of harm reduction
Great article about the power of food as a tool for harm reduction. Providing nutritious and resource-appropriate (canned food for folks without kitchens isn’t helpful) food can empower people who use drugs and offset some of their negative health effects. “As a person who is living with hepatitis C, I noticed a huge change in […]