Research Studies
Keeping Children’s Weight on Track: A Pathway to Health and Wellbeing – Children’s Health Watch – 2018
On The Road To A Brighter Future – How Child Care Providers Are Following Best Practices In Nutrition And Physical Activity – University of Minnesota – 2017
Hunger In America – 2016 United States Hunger And Poverty Facts – World Hunger Education Service & Hunger Notes – 2016
Healthy Start Healthy State Study- Supporting Early Child Care Food And Activity Environments In MN- University of Minnesota- 2016
The Nourishing Effect Ending Hunger, Improving Health, Reducing Inequality – Bread for the World Institute – 2016
SCHOOL BREAKFAST & SCHOOL NUTRITION
School Meal Programs Innovate To Improve Student Nutrition – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & The Pew Charitable Trusts – Dec 2016
Breakfast in the Classroom Improves Child Health and Student Success – Children’s HealthWatch – 2016
Reimbursement Rates & Income Guidelines for the Federal Child Nutrition Programs – FRAC – Effective July 2015 to June 2016
NOT-IN-SCHOOL-TIME-MEALS (CACFP)
How the Child and Adult Care Food Program Improves Early Childhood Education – Center for American Progress – June 2015
WIC PROGRAM
Treatment Plan For Hunger – SNAP, WIC, and the Community Eligibility Provision – Children’s HealthWatch – 2016
The Role of Nutrition in Brain Development – The Golden Opportunity of the First 1000 Days – The Journal of Pediatrics – Sarah E.C. & Michael K.G. – 2016
Building on Strength Keeping Young Children Connected to WIC- Children’s HealthWatch Commissioned by HFMN- April 2015
Food Security Protects Minnesota Children’s Health – Children’s HealthWatch Commissioned by HFMN – February 2014
PREPARED FOOD RESCUE & FOOD WASTE
Food Loss and Waste in the US, The Science Behind the Supply Chain – University of Minnesota – April 2014
How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Fork to Landfill – NRDC; Dana Gunders – August 2012