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]]> Identify the feasibility and begin planning for a Food Forest at a city or regional park or other publically-owned land that would contain low-maintenance sustainable plant-based food production.

]]> Determine barriers to accessing fresh foods and identify ways to increase consumption of healthy foods.

]]> Graduate students in the College of Public Health developed health intervention projects that focused on reductions in childhood obesity through behavior change counseling. Students worked with organizations in Muscatine such as the YMCA, Sunset Park After School Program, and local preschools.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Bridget Drapeaux
Dietetics

Local Government / Community Contact

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