New Auburn
February 14th, 2011
Through SHIP, schools in Sibley County have access to a unique resource to help them grow their farm-to-school program. Casey Walters is working as a local forager, available to area schools participating in SHIP. A farm-to-school forager is someone who can help the schools find locally grown foods to serve in their school food programs. We are excited to have Casey on board with SHIP through June 30, 2011.
While Casey is with us, she is also creating a directory of local farmers interested in selling their products to schools. If you are intersted in being a part of this directory, please contact Casey at rick0152@umn.edu .
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, News, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: Farm-to-School, forager, locally grown foods
January 14th, 2011
Get your new year off to a healthy start by joining in the Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge! The Alliance for a Healthier Minnesota created this statewide competition to encourage all Minnesotans to eat better and move more. When you sign up for the Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge, you can earn points for healthy behaviors, like dropping extra pounds, hitting the gym and eating low-fat foods. The competition is broken into three categories – weight loss, exercise, and nutrition. You can choose to be involved in all 3 categories or just one – it is all up to you!
The 12-week competition begins January 24. To participate in this challenge, you register at www.competeforhealth.org. For more information, contact your local SHIP Coordinator.
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, News, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: Biggest Loser
November 18th, 2010
On November 3, representatives from several worksites in Sibley County met to discuss and share ideas on how to make healthy changes for their organization. Changes already taking place at some of the worksites include healthier options in the employee vending machines, healthy foods served for meetings, creating a tobacco free campus policy, and offering employees preventative health screenings.
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Categories: Arlington, Gaylord, Gibbon, Green Isle, Henderson, New Auburn, Sibley, Winthrop | Tags: Sibley County, worksite
August 3rd, 2010
Every person in our local communities, the young, the old, and the in-between, should have access to safe and affordable healthful lifestyles with the opportunity to be as healthy as he or she can be—no matter where they live, learn, work, or play. Unfortunately, many adults and children are overweight or obese, are not practicing healthy living behaviors, and have developed health problems or chronic diseases. Read the rest of this entry »
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: Healthy Community Initiative
