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We Garden Workshop

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Please join us at the College of Menominee Nation’s Cultural Learning Center as we grow our gardening community.  Topic:  Growing Your Own Seedlings –  Sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Extension of Menominee County/Nation, University of Wisconsin-Extension of Shawano, College of Menominee Nation, Menominee Tribal Food Distribution.  For more information contact Jennifer K. Gauthier (715) 799-6226 ext. 5713.

Event Information

Date:

April 20th, 2017

Time:

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Cost:

No charge to attend

Contact:

Jennifer K Gauthier

Phone:

715-799-6226 ext. 5713

Email:

jennifer.gauthier@ces.uwex.edu

 

*Info from http://shawano.uwex.edu/events/we-garden-workshop-3/

Dreams of Green Annual Garden Meeting

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Need a spot for a garden and don’t have the room?  A community garden is being made available through the cooperative efforts of Zion Lutheran Church, Shawano County WIC Program, and the Shawano County UW-Extension Office. The garden is located on the corner of Lincoln and Zingler Streets next to Zion Lutheran Church in Shawano.  Water is provided on site and there is a $8 fee per plot to cover the cost of water. Each family/individual that signs up will be assigned their own plot(s).  Basic plot size is 10’x10′. If you are interested in a garden plot for 2017 please come to the informational meeting on Monday, April 24th, 5:30 pm at the Zion Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, Basement. If you have questions please contact the UWEX office at (715) 526-6136.

*Info from shawano.uwex.edu

Eat Better, Move More, Work Together

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*Article by the American Planning Association.

By Marya Morris, FAICP

“Energy balance” is a phrase that doctors and nutritionists often use to advise patients on maintaining a healthful diet and getting regular physical activity. It is an equation of sorts that measures the number of calories, or energy, a person consumes relative to how much energy the person burns.

Increasingly, health care professionals aren’t the only ones with skin in this particular game. In neighborhoods and towns everywhere, planners and public health officials are tackling energy balance at the neighborhood, community, and regional scales through targeted efforts to increase access to healthy foods and opportunities for regular physical activity.

In 2014, with funding from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, APA teamed up with the American Public Health Association to establish Plan4Health (plan4health.us), a program that has delivered grants totaling $4.5 million to 35 U.S. communities. The funds support creative partnerships and build sustainable cross-sector coalitions that are committed to increasing health equity. APA members and their public health colleagues are key program leaders. (Read about Plan4Health’s efforts in rural communities in The Commissioner‘s Planning Tools story.)

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