The Body and Mind Clinic and Research Center is happy to report its preliminary results of the 6 month nutritional awareness campaign conducted at Vatsala Hospital with the help of Consumer Wellness Center. In their study, the intervention group that was taught a nutritional awareness showed benefits in the form of increased baby weight as compared to the control group, where no such intervention was made. The increase in baby’s weight is approximately 200 gm in the intervention group, giving rise to an average of 3.06 Kg in comparison to 2.86 Kg in the control group.
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"I just wanted to update you on the exciting progress we are making as we begin a new school year. Our goal was to expand our program of holding monthly tasting tables of local, fresh produce at Corvallis public schools -- and it is happening! So far this year we have 5 of the 8 elementary schools participating, and we hope that the other 3 will begin in the next few months. The School District's Food and Nutrition Services is 100% in support of the program, and is helping us out by distributing food samples through its central kitchen, and even offering to prepare food when necessary in their certified kitchen. Parent and school volunteers are staffing the tables, which keeps the program local and our costs down.
Thank you again for your support; the funding we received from Consumer Wellness Center was so helpful in launching us along this path."
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With a holistic approach to education and a $1000 grant from the Consumer Wellness Center, the Pomelo Drive Elementary School incorporated a 3,000 square foot organic vegetable garden into its curriculum. The children learned about nutrition and the importance of fresh produce while directly learning how to enrich soil, plant seeds and seedlings, nurture plants and harvest vegetables. The students overcame their reluctance to try new vegetables and learned that even roots and stems provide nourishment.
The garden was so successful that Pomelo Drive Elementary was able to donate many, many pounds of organic peas and carrots to West Valley Food Pantry in Woodland Hills, California.
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