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Aug 23, 2009

Smart Guide Hormones in the Food System

Hormones are routinely used in meat and dairy production as growth promoters, given to dairy cows to increase milk production, hormone -active pesticides are sprayed on crops, are used in plastic food packaging and can be found in the industrial chemicals and byproducts, used in industrial processes, which also make their way into the food chain.
Aug 4, 2009

How to Bring Healthier Food to Corner Stores

Corner stores around the country have used a number of innovative strategies to bring healthier food to their shelves, finds a new paper by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Jul 29, 2009

New Healthy WIC Foods Available in Minnesota August 1

Important changes to the foods provided by the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition program (WIC) will increase access to healthy fruits and vegetables in underserved populations in Minnesota and throughout the nation, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Jul 23, 2009

IATP Congratulates Abbott Northwestern on Healthy Food Initiative

A new healthy food initiative launched by Abbott Northwestern Hospital, the largest hospital in the Twin Cities, is part of a growing trend to bring healthy, local food to health care.
Jul 21, 2009

Rural Summit to Bring Together Policymakers, Rural Residents

USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager and other national, state and local-level policymakers will join rural residents at the Midwest Rural Assembly in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 10-11.
Jul 20, 2009

A Dozen Mini Farmers Markets Bring Local Produce to Minneapolis Neighborhoods

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Mini Farmers Market Project has kicked off another successful season, doubling in size from six markets in 2008 to 12 markets in 2009.

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