Marion Institute News
What’s Growing On? August 2021 News from Grow Southcoast
August 24, 2021
Grow Education is excited to welcome the second cohort of teachers to our Farm to School crew!
BioBlog: Be a Smart Supplement Consumer
August 24, 2021
Today's marketplace is awash with supplements of all kinds, making it difficult for consumers to navigate safely and effectively. In this article, Jaimie Dufresne of the BioMed Center New England offers insights to help smart consumers avert risk and reap health benefits.
July 2021 MI Newsletter
August 11, 2021
It's great to be back! We hosted our first in-person event in well over a year in Providence, RI for our BioMed Programs; Find out the benefits of Intravenous (IV) therapy as a way to deliver nutrients to the body; and answer the call to become a "Food Citizen"!
June 2021 MI Newsletter
August 10, 2021
We're moving forward with the Southcoast Food Policy Council - the newest emergency food partnership on the Southcoast; June was the month for planting at New Bedford's Public elementary schools in Grow Education; and in the BioBlog: Understanding Histamine Intolerance.
BioBlog: The Benefits of IV Therapy
July 23, 2021
IV Therapy combines the latest in healthcare science and technologies to deliver patients with the tools they need to improve health and healing. In this article, Dr. Dickson Thom, DDS, ND speaks to the benefits of IV therapy and its safe use as a treatment option.
Moving Forward with the Southcoast Food Policy Council
July 19, 2021
The newest emergency food provider partnership on the Southcoast began in January 2021 with the Shah Foundation, Stock Pot Malden, and a committed group of community partners. In six months, we have delivered 285,952 catered breakfasts and lunches to children, 18 years and younger, in Wareham, New Bedford, and Fall River. Now, the Southcoast Food Policy Council is turning its attention to setting up the infrastructure of the Food Policy Council. As the Food Policy Council emerges, we will have several Working Groups.
A Call To Be A “Food Citizen”
July 19, 2021
We love food and it is an integral part of our lives. Food is part of an extensive system impacted by COVID, climate change, and other factors that have disrupted our fragile supply chain. We must simultaneously address strategies to improve health, education, grow economies, and concretize climate change solutions because the systems are interrelated. We think globally and critically in big systems, but we act locally.
July 2021 Newsletter
July 19, 2021
June is the month for planting with New Bedford's public elementary schools! Students and teachers alike have been excited to get outside and put their hands in the dirt after a long and often virtual school year. Read more about what's grow-ing on at Grow Education!
What’s Growing On? June 2021 News from Grow Education
June 22, 2021
June is the month for planting with New Bedford's public elementary schools! Students and teachers alike have been excited to get outside and put their hands in the dirt after a long and often virtual school year. Read more about what's grow-ing on at Grow Education!
BioBlog: Understanding Histamine Intolerance
June 15, 2021
Histamine Intolerance (HIT) can create major disruptions to feelings of health and wellness, contributing to a variety of symptoms as histamine toxicity is expressed throughout the body. In this article, Dr. Martin Hart of the Biologix Center for Optimum Health sheds light on HIT and offers hope for those suffering from this condition. Join us for our next BioBites on July 6th, 2021 to learn more about HIT with Dr. Hart.