Campuses:
Click on any link below for past news coverage related to the HFHL Institute:
Re-Localizing Our Foodshed - Webinar presentation by Dr. Kathy Draeger and David Abasz (North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 3/2012)
Food Day at the U of M asks: "What does good food mean to you?" (9/27/2011)
The Go! Study: A Multi-Step Approach (U of M's Wellness Works, Spring 2011)
New U of M projects explore obesity, healthy eating concerns (3/31/2011)
100 Percent Local Food Possible in the Northland -- TV coverage of research by David Abasz and Stacey Stark
(WDIO, 3/2011)
Bittman: Food Matters: The Conference, The Book, The Speech (Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, 10/2010)
Justin Bieber, Sane Eating, and Soda Tax: Mark Bittman Makes an Impression at the Healthy Foods Summit in Minnesota (Simply, Good and Tasty, 10/2010)
Reauthorization: A New Calculation (School Nutrition, 10/2009)
A 'powerhouse' food: plants: Conference offers scientific reasons for following a healthful diet (Star Tribune, 9/2010)
Learn how to live a healthier life (KARE11, 9/2010)
A Lot on their Plate: Research looks at how to make school nutrition healthier, more cost-effective (Solutions, Fall 2009)
Contentious food issues topic of U of M health symposium (MPR, 9/2009)
Flat world, fat world: Report from the Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Symposium, part 1 (The Ethicurean Blog, 9/2009)
Symposium tackles obesity and food issues (MN Daily, 9/2009)
U studies shift focus to communities (MN Daily, 6/2009)
Links to HFHL Director Mindy Kurzer's soy supplements and menopause study:
Soy supplements associated with easing of hot flashes, U of M study finds (Minn Post, 4/12/2012)
U of M study: soy helps ease hot flashes (MPR News, 4/9/2012)
U of M Study: Soy Helps Reduce Hot Flashes (KSTP, 4/10/2012)
Soy foods can help reduce hot flashes, University of Minnesota study finds (myScience, 4/9/2012)
Menopausal women can find relief from hot flashes by taking soy isoflavone supplements, a new study from the University of Minnesota and other research institutions has found. (Presszoom, 4/9/2012)
The Tonight Show, Jay Leno Monologue, Part 1 (about 3:30 mark) (4/9/2012)