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April 19, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Some would-be planters get stopped in their carrot tracks by regulations that prohibit use of public spaces for planting, or even limit what can be grown on private property.
April 10, 2013 | Story
An urban farm program director in Birmingham, Ala., Rachel Reinhart brought opportunities to learn about and grow healthy food to children and adults. Through Ladder to Leadership, she expanded her community health expertise.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Community gardens provide low-income families with access to healthy local food.
November 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The city of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society are seeing positive results as they continue to grow their Philadelphia Green program. The program has taken on the vacant lots in Philadelphia neighborhoods and transformed them fro ...
September 5, 2012 | Story
Julie Eisen tells the story of an RWJF-supported childhood obesity effort designed to bring generations together in common cause: gardening.
March 28, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Spring has sprung in the nation’s capital, and while the Cherry Blossoms are the most heralded bloom, the city is also awash in yellow forsythia, white apple blossoms, purple lavender and shovels and hoes at small and large plots of land across the ...
March 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Will The Lorax, a film version of the Dr. Seuss book, which opens tomorrow, prompt kids everywhere to plant gardens and eat healthier? That’s the hope of Kelly Meyer, the founder of American Heart Association Teaching Gardens, a project that teaches ...
October 18, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
September 9, 2011 | Program Result
Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.
April 6, 2011 | Story
A community garden at Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is connecting doctors, nurses, staff, patients and folks from the surrounding, underserved community in Birmingham, Alabama.