nutrition
Body, Mind, & Solstice event comes to Creston Heights 3/25/2023
by (scott warren)
Submitted 03-12-2023 under LOCAL LIFE
The Body, Mind & Solstice event is a community event located in the Creston Neighborhood of Grand Rapids MI, showcasing a wide variety of experts, educators, and resources within our community that are focused on empowering people towards the...
Gardening Education for Food Sovereignty: An Interview with Julie Brunson from H.O.P.E. Gardens
by (Kent County Foo...)
Submitted 01-11-2022 under NONPROFITS
Just last year, the Kent County Food Policy Council launched to strengthen and grow the food system in Kent County. As we build momentum, discuss, and prioritize issues, we are gathering information and engaging with our community through a project...
Community updates: Friday, July 2
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-02-2021 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Public Schools announces Summer Meals program sites Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) has shared its list of sites for this year’s USDA-funded Summer Meals program happening throughout the city. Through the program, children up...
'Small Plates, Big Impact' fundraiser helps provide nutrition education, entrepreneurial opportunities
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 09-28-2017 under NONPROFITS
This year, the Grand Rapids Downtown Market is hosting its annual fall fundraiser for the Downtown Market Education Foundation on October 12 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The “Small Plates, Big Impact” fundraiser, benefiting the...
Kids' Food Basket announces "Feeding Our Future" campaign
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 09-07-2017 under NEWS
Kids’ Food Basket announced their new $6 million campaign, "Feeding Our Future" at the future site of their new headquarters on an old Grand Rapids' farm at a ceremony this morning at 1919 Leonard St. NE. Bridget Clark Whitney,...
Michigan mushroom grower donates exotic fungi to food bank
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 02-16-2017 under NONPROFITS
Imagine a crop that reduces waste as it grows, can be cultivated year-round, and contains a ton of vital nutrients. You might not realize it, but you're thinking of a mushroom. The best part: They're being grown right here in Michigan....
Feeding America West Michigan celebrates fourth record year
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 01-16-2017 under NONPROFITS
In 2016, Feeding America West Michigan distributed more food than ever before. The nonprofit hunger relief organization, based in Comstock Park, provided 28.9 million pounds of food and household goods to its network of food pantries, soup kitchens...
Learn diabetes symptoms, prevention tips from the American Diabetes Association - West Michigan
by (GRTV)
Submitted 12-14-2016 under NONPROFITS
In this week’s segment of GRTV’s NPO Showcase, Kevin Yeomans of the American Diabetes Association – West Michigan discusses symptoms of diabetes, what you can do to prevent, delay, and manage the disease, and the resources...
UCOM brings healthy, local food to Wyoming community
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-27-2016 under NONPROFITS
United Church Outreach Ministry is doing more than just fighting hunger in their Wyoming community. They’re on a mission to help their neighbors build healthy lifestyles, starting with the food they eat. Program director Shawn Keener has been...
Food Bank explains why Blue Bridge is orange
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 09-01-2016 under NONPROFITS
If you’re in downtown Grand Rapids between Aug. 29 and Sept. 2, you may notice something a little different about the iconic Blue Bridge spanning the Grand River. The City of Grand Rapids will be turning its lights orange, the color of hunger...