Marion Institute News
2024 Food Summit Highlights & Resources: Shifting Perspectives from Food Security to Food Sovereignty
September 27, 2024
September 18th, 2024 the Southcoast Food Policy Council hosted a virtual Food Summit: Shifting Perspectives from Food Security to Food Sovereignty from 6-8pm. The Keynote speaker was Alison Cohen from National Right to Food Community of Practice.
How Mindfulness Eases the Stress Response
September 13, 2024
Stress is a fact of life. Stress—the so-called “bad” kind—has us ruminating, over-planning, constantly in a state of hyper-arousal, over-thinking about what we could’ve done differently, about what we should do in the future, about how we should’ve said this and not that, or worrying and obsessing about nearly everything. It’s no wonder the mind feels overloaded!
BioBlog – Forever Chemicals: Dealing with the New Reality
August 14, 2024
This is the story of PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
BioBlog: Hold It to Heal It: Healing Trauma with Biological Medicine
July 12, 2024
Trauma and chronic diseases are significant health concerns that can profoundly impact an individual's life.
July 2024 MI Newsletter
July 1, 2024
Marion Institute's July 2024 Newsletter featuring our 2023 Annual Report, upcoming events: MBSR and Boogie at the Bog, and happenings with our Grow Education Program!
June 2024 MI Newsletter
June 1, 2024
June Events from Your Friends at the Marion Institute... Join us in a discussion with world renowned trauma research author Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., whose book The Body Keeps the Score has been translated into 43 languages and remains on the New York Times Bestseller List. Also, challenge yourself to "Eat Local" with us!
May 2024 MI Newsletter
May 23, 2024
Plenty to share for our May Newsletter! With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we're happy to announce we are bringing world renowned author and researcher Bessel van der Kolk to Marion for a talk. His book, The Body Keeps the Score, translated into 43 languages, is the foremost text on PTSD in the psychiatric community. We highlight a number of other events geared toward preserving mental and physical health as well as big updates for our newest program, Frogfoot Farm - Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. Dig in!
Sippican Elementary School students exchange scissors for seeds
May 13, 2024
Third-grade students at Sippican Elementary School put their pencils down and took a break from the classroom on Thursday, May 9, spending some time outside sharpening their gardening skills.
Wareham Elementary School to plant spring crops
May 3, 2024
As the weather turns warmer, students at Wareham Elementary School are beginning to plant spring crops as part of a food education program. The elementary school’s STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics – program is teaching children to farm as part of a partnership with the Marion Institute, a non-profit organization that supports health through nutrition.