Show 12: Nutrition
IN-STUDIO GUEST: Leslie Shallcross, a registered dietician and Professor with UAF Cooperative Extension Service's Health, Home and Family Development program joins host, Shana Sheehy, to talk about eating right while pregnant, nourishing newborns and teaching children to have healthy eating habits. Professor Shallcross also answers a slew of caller questions ranging from when/how to wean to introducing variety into a toddler's diet to coping with picky eaters of all ages.
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FEATURED STORIES: Local growers like Glacier Valley Farm CSA and Lunachick Mountain Farmstead produce and supply fresh vegetables, dairy and meat throughout the state. Jessica Cochran paid a visit to these growers, and also to Organic Alaska, to learn more about local, sustainable farming in Alaska.
The Foodbank of Alaska located in Anchorage, is the hub of the anti-hunger system for the state, distributing 6 million pounds of food annually. Sarah Gonzales dropped by to learn about their work and also, the ways that Alaskans can help feed other Alaskans this holiday season. Local anti-hunger activist, Kokayi Nosakhere, also weighs in on the topic and tells about his By 2015: America campaign.
Teen contributor Aviva Hirsch asked her peers at West Anchorage High School what they eat and where they go for lunch.
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  This show is made possible by the Association of Alaska School Boards’ Initiative for Community Engagement, an initiative funded by the US Dept. of Education to provide Alaskans with information, tools and assistance to work together and engage in the shared responsibility of preparing Alaska’s children and youth for the future. |