by iphi | Jan 29, 2025 | Stories
The Innovation Hub is a collaboration led by the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) along with State Leads in four states: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The Innovation Hub welcomed Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) as a partner because they are...
by iphi | Jan 29, 2025 | Stories
The Madison School’s Growing Minds project, which is funded through USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, is planting seeds of lasting change that will increase the capacity of farmers to supply fresh, high-quality local food to schools in southeast Indiana....
by iphi | Jan 2, 2025 | Stories
On a sunny day in September, high school seniors dug into the soil to harvest over 140 pounds of potatoes at the Partridge Creek Intergenerational Farm in Ishpeming, Michigan. After being cleaned, peeled, chopped, parcooked, vacuum sealed, and frozen at Northwoods...
by iphi | Dec 23, 2024 | Stories
In 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated school mealrequirements to reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Many schools initially struggledwith these new meal requirements but found ways to adjust. However, legislative...
by iphi | Dec 23, 2024 | Stories
Students in seven counties will have access to nutritious, farm-fresh food throughout the school year thanks to an innovative pilot project launched by the Greater Wabash Food Council earlier this year. The pilot program will use a blast chiller to freeze locally...
