Advocacy

Audrey Sanchez

3 min read

We're giving awards for what?!

This morning as I was going through my daily nutrition Google Alerts, one story caught my eye. It was about a school district that won a...

Andrea Jacobson

4 min read

Big Food profits, children pay the price.

Big Food is robbing our children of their future—our future—right in front of our eyes. And it must change now.

Audrey Sanchez

5 min read

I no longer believe education is the best solution...(part 2)

In Part One of this series, I shared the top two reasons I’ve come to believe nutrition and public health advocacy are more effective...

Madeline Bennett

4 min read

How One Simple Menu Swap Can Prevent Chronic Disease

At Balanced, our central ask of school districts is that they enrich their menus by adding nutrient-dense plant-based proteins and...

Madeline Bennett

5 min read

The Standard American Diet Will Kill Hundreds of Thousands in 2019. Does Anyone Care?

The hardest job of a nutrition advocate is getting people to appreciate the full gravity of our nation’s truly grim health crises. Not...

Sarah Landman

3 min read

3 Things I’ve Learned After a Year of Advocacy Work at Balanced

Working in nutrition advocacy, it is often tempting to focus on all the problems with our food system that have yet to be solved. As with...