Posts Tagged Friedman School
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Posted by Ashley Wood in Active Citizenship, Community, Environment, Faculty, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Life Sciences, Social Media, Students, Video, Web on May 23, 2012
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP) is a program initiated by the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition in an effort to meet the increasing demand for locally grown food. The farmer training program includes people from all over the world, from Zimbabwe to Cambodia, who are interested in small-scale commercial agriculture. One marketing initiative that is part of NESFP is the World PEAS Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, which helps connect local farmers with a consumer base. The goal is to teach aspiring farmers a lost form of agriculture that has been long overlooked in favor of imports and mass-scale farming. This will permit farmers to meet the new demand for fresh, local fruit and vegetables. You can learn more about the program in the video below.
Jumbos in Balance
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Blogs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Student Experience, Students on February 15, 2011
The Balance Your Life blog is penned by Kate Sweeney (A’11), a Tufts graduate student at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Balance Your Life is a healthy lifestyle campaign from the Department of Health Education at Tufts, and seeks to “improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and improve overall wellbeing of undergrads at Tufts.” You can like the campaign on Facebook to get more updates.
In a recent entry, Sweeney writes:
During my four years at Tufts, I made both beneficial and poor health choices. For instance, I maintained a routine workout schedule for most of the school year by being on the varsity swim team and I ate vegetables almost every day (my mom taught me well). But, I also regularly ordered Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar® ice cream from Espressos and ate pretty poorly during times of stress (late-night pizza, soda, and snacks).