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Deadlines Extended for Spring 2020 Funding Opportunities

HFHL is extending deadlines for all Spring 2020 requests for proposals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the updated deadlines and learn more about HFHL's Spring funding opportunities including the Faculty Research Grant Program and the Graduate & Professional Student Research Grant Program

Cooking for Wellness

Cooking for Wellness goes virtual with a series of webinars that will provide practical advice and tips for planning and cooking simple, healthful foods that support wellbeing during this time of social isolation.

**In-person cooking classes will resume soon - Stay tuned.**
HFHL's cooking courses, Cooking for Wellness: The Basics and Cooking for Wellness: Getting Creative, and the NEW Cooking for Wellness: 2-Hour Basics all offer hands-on culinary skill-building and strategies to improve your cooking for a healthier, more delicious, lifestyle. We show you how to find the true joy in cooking.

Food and Nutrition of Indigenous Peoples

Dr. Mindy Kurzer, Professor and Director of the Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute is the newly appointed Academic Editor, Food and Nutrition of Indigenous Peoples, for Current Developments in Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition's (ASN) full open access journal!

Upcoming Events

POSTPONED

HFHL Spring Symposium: "Food Waste Solutions" has been postponed until fall 2020

Learn more HERE

Native American Nutrition Conference

SAVE THE DATE!

Fifth Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition: September 20 - 23, 2020

Learn more at seedsofnativehealth.org/conference

Videos from our recent conference now available!

Cooking for Wellness

Cooking for Wellness instructor Robin Schow cooking with student

Cooking for Wellness is offering a series of FREE live summer webinars that will provide practical advice and tips for planning and cooking simple, healthful foods that support wellbeing during this time of social distancing. UPlan employees can earn 50 Wellbeing points for attending one of the webinars.

Cooking for Wellness in-person classes have been suspended until further notice. We hope to resume classes in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021.
Learn to make more delicious and nourishing food with Cooking for Wellness: The Basics, Getting Creative, and NEW for Fall 2019 - 2-Hour Basics

These classes are open to anyone (no University affiliation necessary). UMN employees may refer to the UMN Wellbeing Program site for more information about Wellbeing points.

Grant Programs

HFHL funds new, interdisciplinary research projects that address community-identified priorities and affect systemic change in the realm of food, agriculture, and health.

Stay Connected

Students at Food Day

Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives (HFHL) Institute regularly sends out announcements via two e-mail lists:

Subscribe to HFHL_CONNECT: open to members of the University community and the general public

Subscribe to HFHL_STUDENT: open to current and former U of M student

Announcements pertain to our grant programs, educational programming, and Institute or partner special events and opportunities related to food, agriculture and/or health.