WeTap phone application shows fountain locations TRAVERSE CITY — A local nonprofit wants everyone to know where to access water fountains to help ditch the use of single-use plastic bottles. Click here to read the article in the Record Eagle
Tara Rybicki
Now that I am a mother of two small girls, I have never been so busy. I love being with my girls and because of this I found myself putting exercise on the back burner. What I know about myself is that I am a happier, more confident person when I am exercising. This is […]
Casey Cowell
“I grew up playing all kinds of sports. Exercise was an automatic part of my life. That continued pretty much until I was thirty. Then, the time requirements of family and leading a rapidly expanding business cut deep into my exercise time. So I became a runner … a jogger really. Never very fast, but […]
Lisa Anderson
My daily challenge is spending too much time sitting at my desk and eating on the run when I’m going from meeting to meeting. I know fast food from a drive-thru is generally bad for me, but its sooo convenient. I am working on packing my lunches and opting for healthier quick lunch options from […]
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at Work
Taste the Local Difference can help your workplace become healthier by offering a CSA. Fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to you conveniently at work! Visit TLD to learn more.
MSUe Provides ways to Help Make Your Workplace Healthier
MSU Extension strives to provide Michigan worksites with education to promote healthy lifestyles to employees and their families. The programs available focus on improving healthy lifestyle behaviors, reduced risk of chronic diseases, social-emotional health and food safety education. Learn More
Designing Healthy Environments at Work
Designing Healthy Environments at Work Website Find tools and resources to improve your worksite’s infrastructure to support health, physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco-free lifestyles.The following tools are available to support healthy environments at work: an assessment tool to identify changes your worksite can make to support health; a feedback report with suggestions for improvement; […]
Culinary Medicine
Cook Like a Chef. Think Like a Dietitian. Eat Like a Farmer. This Farms, Food & Health training program offered northern Michigan health care providers an innovative Continuing Medical Education program that highlights local food, and culinary and nutrition trainings. Take your practice to the kitchen: Chop, dice, and puree your way to better health outcomes […]
Food, Farms and Health
Connecting the Dots Between Health Care, Wellness, and Locally Grown Food For more information click here to visit Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
10 Best Beaches for Kids
Northern Michigan is home to some of the best beaches in the nation (maybe we’re a little biased), and these 10 are some of the finest, especially for young kids. Shallow water, playgrounds, sugary sand, shade trees, and public restrooms are some of the highlights. Clinch Park, Traverse City Earn everlasting adoration from your favorite […]