Audrey SanchezMay 29, 20193 minWe'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 JacobsonMay 13, 20194 minBig 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 SanchezMar 29, 20195 minI 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 BennettFeb 1, 20194 minHow 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 BennettJan 16, 20195 minThe 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 LandmanDec 17, 20183 min3 Things I’ve Learned After a Year of Advocacy Work at BalancedWorking 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...