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As the PBFA community prepares to gather for our first ever PBFA-wide D.C. Lobby Day, we want to take a moment and look at the bigger picture, diving into why policy that supports plant-based foods is so important, and what we as a community have been doing to help achieve this vision. 🏛️✨ 💡 Our policy work includes defending plant-based companies’ right to use common sense labeling terms, ensuring federal dietary guidelines accurately represent the many benefits of plant-based eating, and meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to educate them about the health, sustainability, and economic benefits that plant-based foods have to offer. Overall, we prioritize fighting for policies that move the needle for plant-based foods. We hope you'll join us. 🌱 Learn more about what policies we support and why on The Digest: https://buff.ly/3VhvpRk

Want to know why plant-based is the future of healthcare catering? 🌱🏥 Across the public catering sector, alternative proteins are on the rise. Whether in schools, prisons, or universities, the value of plant-based catering is becoming increasingly recognised. Given the well-known health benefits of a whole foods plant-based diet, plant-based catering is the obvious choice for hospital canteens and in-patient meals. So why isn’t it? 🤔 In the latest ProVeg New Food Hub article, we use New York’s public hospitals as a case study providing a powerful proof of concept and a blueprint for embracing plant-based catering in healthcare institutions. Find out how this was achieved, and what’s being done to replicate this success ➡️ https://hubs.ly/Q02hb0hZ0 #ProVeg #PlantBasedFood #NewFoodHub

“As a result, NYC Health + Hospitals have recorded a 36% decrease in food related emissions, cost savings of around 59 cents per meal, and a patient satisfaction rate above 95%. In 2023, they served roughly one million plant-based meals to patients.” All because of offering a plant-based default… Consider improving, marketing, or just flat-out including plant-based options in your facility to better health, financial, and waste-related outcomes! This article by ProVeg International highlights the plant-forward health initiative held by ERIC ADAMS to improve the health of NY citizens in a sustainable and economic way; I’m loving this all around win-win scenario!

"At a SuperShelf, shoppers enjoy not only respect but the freedom to make their own food choices." The Food Group helped found SuperShelf in partnership with Health Partners, Valley Outreach, U of M Extension and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to transform food shelves into shopper-centered food distribution sites that allowed for a dignified experience. Out of 487 food shelves, 57 are SuperShelf certified, with 30 more on the way. Learn more about how SuperShelf transformed food shelves into friendly places with healthy food. 💜 https://ow.ly/6XK150QqbfQ

A good word on the importance of nutrition especially for children.

What do educators do? Well, yes, we teach. We teach social-emotional skills, social skills, communication skills, and much more. We provide safety, hugs, love, and show we can be a child's trusted person. We are also social workers, therapists, nurses, problem-solvers, mentors, etc. Another very important aspect of what children get at school is food. Providing breakfast, lunch and food to take home is a must since many children go without. I am proud to say that my school provides children with their basic needs (including health and dental care)! We provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. We provide food bags for children to take home on Fridays. We have a van come every other week with food such as fresh veggies, eggs, and milk. Schools need to provide this, because I f we don't, there is no sense in trying to teach anything, because children won't be able to learn when they are hungry and not cared for. What can you add to the lists above? What are your thoughts or experiences about food meals being provided at school? Comment below! Thank you to U.S. Department of Education for posting this!

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Where will SP Power Mix take your patients? This greens drink is loaded with ingredients derived from various fruits and vegetables to help your patients start their day. Learn more about SP Power Mix here: https://bit.ly/4cwrtmy 📸 @nathanleeallen #sppowermix #standardprocess

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👏 We couldn’t agree more with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall here. Curbing junk food ads is a positive first step. But if the government is to deliver on creating the healthiest generation of children ever, it has to also invest in delicious and nutritious #SchoolFoodForAll and ensure quality #FoodEducation. #FeedtheFuture #SayYes #FreeSchoolMeals #RightToFood #FoodJustice #SchoolFood #ChildHealth #FoodPolicy #CostOfLivingCrisis #SchoolFoodMatters #NoChildLeftBehind #HealthInequalities #HealthyEating #LevellingUp #SchoolFoodReview