Written By: Tania Garcia | Marketing Intern | 5 MIN READ Wondering why the food prices at your local grocery store have increased so much? Of course, one easy answer is that this is simply the result of inflation. However, that is not the entire a reason. The reality...
By Council of Great City Schools Superintendent-in-Residence, Michael Hinojosa and Common Threads Co-Founder and CEO, Linda Novick O’Keefe Imagine a world where every child grows up understanding the vital connection between the food they eat and their overall health....
Written By: Tania Garcia | Marketing Intern It is officially Summer and while the first thing many think of is no school, hot weather, and the beach, we should also think about the in-season food! Beginning from June until August right now is the time to enjoy the...
Written By: Joris Van Zeghbroeck It is spring and that means that the produce aisle is beginning to change with the season. Older storage yukon gold potatoes are getting replaced with shiny ones fresh out of the ground, sprouting garlic is being swapped out with fresh...
Written By: Minna Sabbahi, RD | Program Manager, Common Threads Every March the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics hosts National Nutrition Month. This year’s theme is “Fuel for the Future”; it aims to promote the health and well-being of both individual people...
Written by: Allison Bunyan | Emerson Fellow Did you know that mental health and nutrition are connected? At Common Threads, we acknowledge this fact by focusing our work on nutrition AND overall wellness. We include mental health in our definition of overall wellness...