January 2019

Growing Food with a Trauma Informed Perspective Healing Trauma

Planting seeds to conquer addiction: Woodrow Project residents maintain sobriety through farming

Monica Bhagwan · 1/16/195:44 AM

https://www.cleveland.com/expo/news/erry-2018/12/a629afc2d97813/planting-seeds-to-conquer-addi.html?fbclid=IwAR2XnJjVL5CiITJp72vc1pQiPagDFNedYmQzyfJ_A-d8gt6ZoXBdUsDvqw4

TI Practices/Practitioners Trauma and Health Outcomes

Why we Need to Talk about Trauma in Public Health Nutrition

Monica Bhagwan · 1/13/192:53 PM

When you consider the word trauma in relation to food, health and eating what does it conjure up? In what ways is trauma relevant to dietetic practice? What does it even mean? In this article, I briefly introduce the concept of trauma as used in public health, social justice activism and counselling.

Trauma in early childhood boosts the risk of teen obesity, study says [philly.com]

Alicia Doktor · 1/9/1910:01 AM

Teenagers who have suffered adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — such as physical or emotional abuse, or having a parent who is incarcerated or addicted to drugs or alcohol — are at greater risk of being overweight or obese, according to a new study . In fact, the study found that the more kinds of adverse experiences children endured, the more likely they would have excessive weight issues by middle school or high school. “This study adds to our understanding of childhood overweight and...

It's not too late to sign up: Second Chance Youth Garden Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) program

Amelia Barile Simon · 1/8/1911:43 AM

Hi Everyone, Kristin Kvernland from Second Chance said that that they still have a few open spots left, so if anyone wanted to start next week they could pro-rate their share. Note: They don’t want to add anyone else after Week Two but they will have another season starting in March and will be sure to send the info for those interested in their Spring season. (See details in the original email below.) SIGN UP FOR OUR WINTER CSA SHARE! 1 CSA box = 1 youth employed in our program. The Winter...

Grateful Changemakers: Karma Kitchen (dailygood.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 1/5/1910:02 PM

Imagine a restaurant where there are no prices on the menu and where the check reads $0.00 with only this footnote: “Your meal was a gift from someone who came before you. To keep the chain of gifts alive, we invite you to pay it forward for those who dine after you.” This restaurant exists, and it’s called Karma Kitchen, a self-described “volunteer-driven experiment in generosity.” Karma Kitchen was first opened in Berkeley, California in 2007 by volunteers inspired to seed the value of a...

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