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Extreme Makeovers: Supermarket edition!
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel March 15, 2010Ever driven down a street, and for miles and miles you don't see a single healthy place to eat? It's all fast-food and chinese takeout? Ever wanted a snack, but the local corner store only... »MORE
Urban Farm in Oakland, CA challenges traditional view of farming.
Posted by: andyberndt March 01, 2010(Boston Globe / Jakub Mosur) Novella Carpenter started small, with some plants in an empty lot next to her house in Oakland. A couple of years later, she was tending to a full-blown farm, with... »MORE
How to live forever. Or close to it. Dan Buettner gives you the inside scoop.
Posted by: amycatherine February 26, 2010When people in a specific area are more than ten times more likely to live to 100 than those who live elsewhere, odds are they're onto something.And renowned explorer Dan Buettner was determined to find... »MORE
Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver begs for more attention to school food and nutrition.
Posted by: andyberndt February 16, 2010Jamie Oliver’s an infamous chef in the UK recently won the TED Prize. It's incredible honor for innovator around the country. His wish: Teach every child about food — Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity... »MORE
The fight for nutrition has a powerful new ally
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel February 12, 2010Everybody in the free world knows what a First Lady is. The wife of the president. However, a lot of people don't realize quite how powerful she can be. Eleanor Roosevelt used her position to... »MORE
Minneapolis Parks Going Smoke-Free?
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel January 29, 2010With a little assistance from Catalyst, and other minneapolis youth activists, that could be the headline of the Star Tribune soon. The Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation Program Coordinator, Derek Larsen, approached us at Catalyst asking... »MORE
New Video! What's happening with School Food around Minnesota.
Posted by: andyberndt January 27, 2010We traveled around Minnesota to showcase all the awesome and interesting things that people are doing with school food. From making it from scratch in Hopkins High School, to keeping it local with Farm-to-School in St.... »MORE
New Do Groove Commercials on the Air.
Posted by: andyberndt December 23, 2009New do commercials take aim at obesity Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota r ecently gathered inspiring stories from people across Minnesota who lost weight through physical activity and healthy eating. The goal? To feature them in our... »MORE
Students want to know what's for lunch - Savage Newspaper Story
Posted by: andyberndt December 23, 2009Really cool story from the Savage newspaper about how they are changing school food in their school distrcit. By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer Savage Pacer December 21, 2009 At a time when popular cafeteria... »MORE
There's more to Oregon than being California's hat
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel December 15, 2009Looks like I was wrong every time I said fast food is bad for you. Or at least, partly wrong. Although McDonald's makes that argument easy, there is still a dark horse in the race... »MORE
Check out the New Catalyst Commercial - Fall in Love with Fruits and Vegetables
Posted by: andyberndt December 10, 2009We're very excited to announce our new video! We've been talking about it for quite sometime, but we're excited it's finished! It features lots of our awesome students. Thanks so much to Mariah, Denzel, Tamara,... »MORE
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District's new "Farm to School" initiative featured in Star Tribune
Posted by: andyberndt December 04, 2009The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District's new "Farm to School" initiative aims to put more local apples, corn and beef on cafeteria lunch menus. By SARAH LEMAGIE, Star Tribune The butternut squash that students at Highland Elementary... »MORE
New York City's shocking ad campaign against high-calorie beverages
Posted by: andyberndt November 30, 2009New York City's public health officials are going after high-calorie beverages with a graphic ad campaign that shows what happens to your body after too many sugary drinks. Sally Herships reports on what this shock... »MORE
Why settle?
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel November 25, 2009Recently, the ever so wonderous Andy B. linked me to a great site, WWW.GOOD.IS. While perusing this wonderful site full of mindblowing information I stumbled across an interesting little Flash tidbit.... »MORE
Adult Smoking on the rise --- First time in 15 years
Posted by: thatonekidDenzel November 13, 2009I don't want to be a Denzel Downer, but, I have some bad news people. Adult smoking is on the rise. According to a study released yesterday by the CDC, Ciggarette Smoking in adults... »MORE
Want to be in a Catalyst Video??
Posted by: andyberndt November 09, 2009Basically we have the oppurtunity of a lifetime. We are filming a 1 minute video that we're really excited about it, and YOU can be in it! We will meet Saturday Dec. 5th at 10:30am-4:00pm... »MORE
What's In Obama's Presidential Garden?
Posted by: andyberndt November 06, 2009The Obamas planted a vegetable garden at the White House, the first one since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a victory garden there during World War II. Now, the garden is being harvested. So far, the garden... »MORE
New Killer Quotes Presentation
Posted by: andyberndt November 03, 2009We've got a new Killer Quotes presentation to download. It's wicked. It goes over lots of the different quotes we've collected over the years. The presentation has speakers notes and sources as well, it's very... »MORE
New Food Myths Powerpoint for Download
Posted by: andyberndt November 02, 2009We have a new wicked presentation to share. It's popular myths about food, debunked. Check it out! Catalyst Food Myths Gameshow View more presentations from Andy Berndt. Click here to download the Food Myths... »MORE
Pranksters give fake McDonald's anti-global-warming presentation
Posted by: andyberndt October 29, 2009A hoax presentation from "McDonald's Interactive" brought the house down yesterday at the UK Serious Games Summit, where game developers met to discuss games that are intended to have positive social outcomes. The pranksters --... »MORE
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