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<\/em>\u201cOver the past two years, we\u2019ve delivered more than half a million meals to people in need in HRM, and we\u2019re just getting started. After 15 years of building kitchens with purpose and running Sharpen Up in communities from New York to Vancouver, I\u2019ve learned the most powerful thing we can give youth is belief, and the tools to back it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n“Sharpen Up is not just a cooking class. It\u2019s skill-building with real chefs, instilling confidence in yourself, and a chance to see all the pathways food can create through our non-profit and entrepreneur network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In a time when one in four kids in the Maritimes is food insecure, this kind of education and support is essential. I was raised in Dartmouth, and it\u2019s an honour to come home and create this opportunity for my community.\u201d\u00a0
\u2014 Mark Brand, founder, Upward Mobility Kitchens & A Better Life Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWhen our Mi\u2019kmaw youth are free to move, play and learn in culturally safe spaces, they build strength not only in body, but in spirit. When our Mi\u2019kmaw families and community members have our own culturally safe spaces to learn through land-based knowledge and traditional food harvesting on our lands, we reclaim our health, our identity and our honour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We will build strong foundations for all our relations from our neighbouring communities and all Mi\u2019kma\u2019ki. That is true reconciliation.\u201d\u00a0
\u2014 Melanie Robinson-Purdy, Director, Community Enhancement and Cultural Revitalization, Wasoqopa\u2019q First Nation <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n[adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/em>\u201cThe best way to build a healthier tomorrow is to begin upstream \u2013 where good food, joyful movement and self-worth take root early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n“Grow & Go is how we nurture that growth: from greenhouse to classroom, from kitchen to community. This is more than a project \u2013 it\u2019s a path forward, and we invite others to walk and grow it with us.\u201d\u00a0
\u2014 Tavis Bragg, project lead, Grow & Go; adjunct professor, Acadia University, and teacher, Northeast Kings Education Centre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuick Facts:
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– the Province and Novo Nordisk Canada have each contributed $1.5 million toward the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Project, with another call for proposals to be announced later
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[adrotate banner=”127″] [adrotate banner=”126″] HALIFAX: Three organizations have been awarded funding under the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Project to address childhood obesity and chronic disease in the province. The successful applicants are Acadia University, Upward Mobility Kitchens East Inc., and Wasoqopa\u2019q First Nation. The total amount of funding is $1.05 million. \u201cReducing childhood obesity and helping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[989,50,8587,8588,8589,48,8590,8591],"class_list":["post-55969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-acadia-university","tag-halifax","tag-health-wellness-minister-michelle-thompson","tag-lighthouse-project-funding","tag-michelle-thyompson","tag-n-s","tag-upward-mobility-kitchens-east-inc","tag-wasoqopaq-first-nation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}