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Plenty to share for our May Newsletter! With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re happy to announce we are bringing world renowned author and researcher Bessel van der Kolk to Marion for a talk. His book, The Body Keeps the Score, translated into 43 languages, is the foremost text on PTSD in the psychiatric community. We highlight a number of other events geared toward preserving mental and physical health as well as big updates for our newest program, Frogfoot Farm – Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. Dig in!

Third-grade students at Sippican Elementary School put their pencils down and took a break from the classroom on Thursday, May 9, spending some time outside sharpening their gardening skills.

As the weather turns warmer, students at Wareham Elementary School are beginning to plant spring crops as part of a food education program. The elementary school’s STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics – program is teaching children to farm as part of a partnership with the Marion Institute, a non-profit organization that supports health through nutrition.

Marion Institute Executive Director Liz Wiley said the goals for the first one or two years of the Wareham-based farm will be to build up the site, ultimately leading to the planting of traditional plants and vegetables to produce nutritious food for those in need.

Did you know that food allergies in children have increased by 50 percent over the last decade? It’s true. According to Food Allergy Research and Education, 1 in 13 children has a food allergy, which can lead to chronic diseases later in life.

Lots of news to share in our March Newsletter! Our Connector Series event, A Conversation with Tracy Kidder and Dr. Jim O’Connell, that was originally scheduled for last November is now slated for May 2nd! – a must attend event. We also have big news to share on the progress happening at our newest program, Frogfoot Farm, with soil berms being completed and full fencing being installed around the perimeter. It won’t be long now! In addition we’ve announced the Grow Education program is now looking to hire 5(!) new FoodCorps members to keep up with its expansion. Enjoy!

Throughout the history of medicine, blood has been extracted, examined, and tested as a barometer of health. The main difference between a medical blood test and Live Blood Analysis lies in the process and purpose of the test.

The Ithaca Rotary Club has awarded two $5,000 grants to nonprofit groups in Kenya and Costa Rica for projects that will tackle climate change. In Costa Rica, the Mastate Charitable Foundation is developing a family-run fruit tree and vegetable farm that demonstrates a new model for food production, which reduces the reliance on agricultural chemicals while drawing carbon from the atmosphere.