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Fresh Food Access Fund focusing on healthy food access

  • June 22, 2023
  • 2 min read

MILWAUKEE — The City of Milwaukee has launched a new round of grant funding for 2023 focusing on healthy food access. The Fresh Food Access Fund (FFAF) provides financial support to activities that increase fresh food access in underserved communities. FFAF is available to for-profit and not-for-profit businesses aligned with the goal of the fund. Maurice Wince is the owner of Sherman Park Grocery, who is a past recipient of the grant. He said prior to opening the store a year ago, the neighborhood lacked a full-scale grocery store. Wince said their success over the past year has come from…

Food for thought: How your mindset can make healthy food more alluring on social media

  • May 26, 2023
  • 4 min read

In today's world, our diets are often packed with fats and sugars. Our ancient instinct to crave calorie-rich foods, which once helped us survive, now leads to harmful health side-effects. To counteract this, food content creators on social media have been trying to encourage healthy eating and healthy eating content. But here's the kicker — this content doesn't get much engagement. Instead, posts that show unhealthy, high-calorie foods get more likes, shares and comments. This popularity of junk food online may tempt content creators and algorithms to show more of the same, tilting our view of "normal" eating habits towards…