Our first offering of School Garden 101 of 2014 has now been completed. Thank you to the 5 schools,

represented by; administrators, teachers and parents who attended our class over 2 weeks in April. We

look forward to continuing to support their projects and continue to engage additional schools in our

work on increasing access to healthier food options in local schools.

School Garden 101

Class of 2014:

(Left to Right) Heather

Walberg, Rhonda

Carlson, Laurie

Mackereth, Ryan

Rosenow, Kris Harlan,

Clint Smith, Danielle

Blumhoefer, Shanon

Odegaard, Kari

Pfannenstein

Not pictured: Tanya

Malwitz, Amy

Denneson

APRIL/MAY 2014 NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 38

Supported by the Statewide Health Improvement Program, Minnesota Department of Health.

A Few Updates from Your Local SHIP Staff:

Worksite Wellness: Alison will meet with Buffalo Hospital/ CLT partners Mona Volden and

Janna Anderson to discuss an implementation strategy for our Worksite Wellness initiative. Both

Mona & Janna have extensive experience in the area of Worksite Wellness and we welcome their

expertise.

Active Schools: Schools in 6 of our 10 local school districts are convening with their wellness

committees and discussing active school day policies that will benefit their students.

Active Living & Healthy Foods: The Buffalo Community Health Fair was a success; we thank

Allina Health and Kuzma Chiropractic for their continued partnership in offering this resource to

our community. We estimate 400-500 people attended. With the addition of Open Streets STMA

to the calendar, Buffalo adding ‘Play Streets’ opportunities and bringing MN-DOT on board for

our Regional Active Living project, we are excited with the numerous possibilities before us.

Certain jobs have stronger link to obesity, study finds (MINNPOST, 4/1/2014)

E-Cig Rule Coming ‘Very Soon,’ FDA Chief Says (NBC News, 4/4/2014)

America’s Fattest and Thinnest Cities Revealed (Yahoo News, 4/6/2014)

Study sheds new light – and more controversy – on childhood obesity statistics (MINNPOST,

4/8/2014)

News & Stories on Health, Obesity and Obesity Prevention

April Video Spotlight -

Food What!? Youth Leader Josh Explains

How a Garden Can Change One’s Life!

If Your City Puts tem in the Right Place

Bike Lanes Don’t Cause Traffic

Bicycling: An American Tradition

Click here, for an infographic on the history of bicycling

A MN Bike Park Needs Our Help – Vote

until May 4th! The MN Food Charter Toolkit is Now

Available!