Grocery Shopping Tips

Thanksgiving time is eating time! The USDA released their annual report about the foods that make up our Thanksgiving feast. I thought instead of doing portion control, let's take a look at what Thanksgiving actually costs and what is contributing to...

Friday Finds to Nourish Your Day: It’s Friday and we are happy to share these resources and materials to help you promote healthy eating on a budget to nourish the children in your lives! With all the expenses that are associated with hol...

Wednesday Nourishing Graphics: We are happy to share this infographic that further tells the story about the nourishing value of healthy eating while on a budget. We know that the holidays are a busy time and it can also be an expensive time. W...

With the holidays here, we are all looking for ways to watch our wallet. We know it is expensive with all the gifts you need to buy and add in the holiday decorations and then holiday outfits for the kids! Whew, it starts to add up. Then there i...

Friday Finds to Nourish Your Day: It’s Friday and we are happy to share these resources and materials to help you promote healthy grocery shopping to nourish the children in your lives! We are happy to share these wonderful resources we h...

Wednesday Nourishing Graphics: We are happy to share this infographic that further tells the story about the nourishing value of understanding food marketing manipulation. I have been talking this week about food marketing and how they have rea...

The anatomy of a super market purchase. This is a great little video that shares some of the tricks that food marketers use to get us to make the purchase they want us to make. They are more in control of your buying decisions than any of us really r...

We are pleased to share with you our new animation cartoon that introduces two new characters, Marty MyPlate and Milky Mike, his side kick! The Balanced Hike Cartoon While Chef Solus and his explorer kid friends are off hiking one day, they hear ...

With big marketing budgets, food manufacturers can really come up with some clever ways to promote their foods. Sometimes they can even make you think it is healthy or good for you without actually saying it. They use clever words, colors, ch...

Have you gone to a farmers market lately. I was just thinking to myself that it has been awhile since I have gone. With the beautiful weather and summer just upon us, it reminds me that some of my favorite fruits will be in season. Farmer's m...