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July 11, 2018

Breastfeeding has been in the US news a lot lately Breastfeeding is a natural way to nourish babies with complete nutrition Breast milk helps to build babies’ immunity, helping prevent problems like diarrhea and ear infections And, nursing can help a mother to delay...

July 10, 2018

Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future just announced that 12 projects will be funded via their Academic Venture Fund this year These projects have the potential to provide solutions that will support sustainability around the world Through...

June 28, 2018

GEN MEREDITH “Real potential and benefit will come from us remembering to focus on systems change—changing policies and practices and investing in community capacity—instead of only focusing on short term fixes” Gen Meredith emphasizes the critical role food...

May 14, 2018

Category: The Big Picture Feeding Tompkins Part 3: “Fragile” emergency food system relies on countless volunteer hours Written by Alison Fromme on March 23rd, 2018March 23rd, 2018 Leave a comment This is Part 3 of Feeding Tompkins, an in-depth look at food...

May 9, 2018

Category: The Big Picture This is Part 2 of Feeding Tompkins, an in-depth look at food insecurity in Tompkins County and a collaborative project between  WRFI News, the Ithaca College Park Scholar Program, The Ithaca Voice, and Hot Potato Press  This article was...

May 4, 2018

‘Intervene’ video and workshop receive best practices award By Nancy Doolittle | May 1, 2018   A video and workshop developed at Cornell that helps bystanders address problematic situations such as sexual assault has won another in a series of national...

May 3, 2018

From https://wwwcdcgov/vitalsigns/vector-borne/indexhtml Illnesses on the rise From mosquito, tick, and flea bites https://youtube/mLumut2nQMs 3x Disease cases from mosquito, tick, and flea bites tripled in the US from 2004 to 2016 9...

April 27, 2018

April 4, 2018

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