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Double Up Food Bucks Partner Spotlight: First Southwest Bank & Where Food Comes From

Double Up Food Bucks, Food Systems, Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Partnerships / Nourish Colorado

As temperatures begin to drop and fall fades into winter, another farmers’ market season has come to a close for much of Colorado. It was an especially fruitful season for the producers, markets, and low-income clients who participated in Double Up Food Bucks Colorado, a program led by LiveWell Colorado that increases access to Colorado-grown […]

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LiveWell Shares Lessons Learned at American Public Health Association’s 2016 Conference in Denver

Events, Food Systems, Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Partnerships / Nourish Colorado

LiveWell Shares Lessons Learned at American Public Health Association’s 2016 Conference in Denver The American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo was held October 29 through November 2 in Denver. The event brought together more than 12,000 public health professionals from across the U.S. and around the world to network, learn and share experiences. LiveWell

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Making the ‘Healthy Choice the Easy Choice’ Isn’t Always Easy

Advocacy, Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Healthy Kids, Policy / Nourish Colorado

Making the ‘Healthy Choice the Easy Choice’ Isn’t Always Easy Tackling access & inequity in a complex food environment By Wendy Peters Moschetti, Director of Food Systems, LiveWell Colorado We believe access to nutritious food is a basic human right here at LiveWell Colorado, which is why we aim to help create fair, equitable, health-promoting

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LiveWell Colorado Film Challenge Winners

Events, Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Healthy Kids, Physical Activity, Press Releases / Nourish Colorado

LiveWell Colorado Film Challenge Winners LiveWell Colorado is thrilled to announce four student filmmaker award winners in the LiveWell Colorado Film Challenge, a new statewide competition for short films on the importance of ensuring access to healthy eating and activing living. The focus of the competition was on the barriers that too many Coloradans face

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Local Food Access, Equity, and Elitism

Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Policy / Nourish Colorado

Local Food Access, Equity, and Elitism “Local food doesn’t just have to live in one place. It lives everywhere!” By Wendy Peters Moschetti, Director of Food Systems, LiveWell Colorado *Editors note: This story originally appeared in Local Food Shift Magazine. Who doesn’t want to live in a world where everyone has relatively easy access to

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LiveWell Colorado’s Statement on the Shooting in Orlando

Health Equity / Nourish Colorado

Like so many others, we were saddened and horrified at the news from Orlando where an LGBTQ nightclub was attacked, on Latin night, by a lone gunman. As we continue to develop our efforts to eliminate health disparities among all Coloradans and work to remove barriers to healthy lifestyles, we recognize that for Colorado’s diverse

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Double Up Food Bucks Colorado Will Benefit Low-Income Families, Farmers

Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Partnerships, Press Releases / Nourish Colorado

USDA Awards Major Grant Benefiting Low-Income Families, Farmers Double Up Food Bucks Colorado is a win for Colorado’s low-income families, agricultural community and economy A statewide partnership led by LiveWell Colorado, Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Farmers Market Association, Cooking Matters-Colorado, and Boulder County Public Health has just been awarded a U.S. Department

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HEAL Cities & Towns Campaign | Transforming a City Towards Health

HEAL Cities & Towns, Health Equity, Physical Activity, Policy / Nourish Colorado

Perspectives from City Manager of Commerce City, Brian McBroom Building a community of health takes considerable time, significant investment and thoughtful dedication, which is exactly what has happened in Commerce City. It just became the first municipality to reach the Elite level of the HEAL Cities & Towns Campaign. We sat down with City Manager

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LiveWell Prowers County Recognized as a National Health Impact Award Finalist

Health Equity, Healthy Kids, Physical Activity, Press Releases / Nourish Colorado

LiveWell Prowers County Recognized as a National Health Impact Award Finalist Partnership for Healthier America chooses Colorado organization as an Impact Award Finalist DENVER —May 19, 2016 — LiveWell Prowers County has been named by the Partnership for A Healthier America (PHA) as one of 5 Impact Award finalists at its Annual Conference in Washington,

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Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food” Film: Thoughts from LiveWell’s School Nutrition & Food Systems Experts

Health Equity, Healthy Food Access, Healthy Schools, Policy, School Food Initiative / Nourish Colorado

Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food” Film: Reflections from LiveWell’s Nutrition, School Food & Food Systems Experts LiveWell Colorado recently co-hosted three Denver-area public screenings of Michael Pollan’s film, In Defense of Food. Two of our subject matter experts participated in panel discussions following the screenings. Below, we reflect on some of the issues raised

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