Catalyst is statewide movement of young people based in Minnesota working on two different issues: healthy eating, and fighting the tobacco industry. We use hands-on activism and advocacy to spread our message. Find out more here.
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Improving School Lunches
Posted by: Maggie June 30, 2009Seth Bixby Daugherty used to own his own restaurant in Downtown Minneapolis called Cosmos. He’s won an award for best new chef in 2005 from Food And Wine magazine, and his restaurant job was... »MORE
Time for Lunch!
Posted by: Maggie June 30, 2009Since the day you began eating school lunch, you have inevitably found something to complain about. It’s not because the lunch ladies can’t cook like most of us think, its due to the serious... »MORE
Sign the Petition for School Nutrition!
Posted by: MichelleK June 19, 2009Every five years the Child Nutrition Forum (diverse group of organizations) along with the Food Research and Action Center come together during child nutrition reauthorization to help create legislation that promotes access to healthy food for all... »MORE
Nic wins Tobacco Industry Document Award from American Legacy Foundation!
Posted by: andyberndt June 19, 2009Catalyst staff member Nic Buron was honored last week at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Phoenix, AZ when he was awarded the Christine O. Gregoire Young Adult Award for Outstanding Use of... »MORE
New Products from the Tobacco Industry Powerpoint
Posted by: andyberndt June 19, 2009The tobacco industry definitely wastes little time figuring out new products to target young people, and make it easier for them to use their products. There have been a variety of new products that have... »MORE
Michelle's Quick "Fresh" The Movie Reflection
Posted by: MichelleK June 04, 2009On Tuesday night the Catalyst gang and some Youth Board members went and checked out the new film "Fresh". Not only was it really fun times, but I learned a lot about food, sustainability... »MORE
Nutritious, tasty lunches in Milwaukee - Yummo!
Posted by: hollyaprea May 27, 2009More good news coming our way from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Milwaukee Public Schools system is making efforts to improve the nutritional quality of the meals it offers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The school... »MORE
Federal Menu Labeling Act Introduced
Posted by: hollyaprea May 27, 2009Check out the latest news, featured on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's website: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) have introduced the Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act, which would require fast-food... »MORE
The Experience Food Project . . .
Posted by: hollyaprea May 20, 2009Here's another cool program changing thr face of school food. This one is based in Washington state, and is about more than just school food. The Experience Food Project, or EFP, is working at schools... »MORE
Produce Sticker Art
Posted by: MichelleK May 18, 2009Here's one way to make use of all the stickers on your fruit and vegetables! Artist: Bernie Snyder Check out the rest of his work here »MORE
Funny Ad: Tobacco Executive
Posted by: MichelleK May 12, 2009I thought this advertisement was funny, so I thought I'd share it with the Catalyst folks. It's for a charity organization in South Africa. The copy reads: "In his previous life, Duncan worked for a... »MORE
White House Garden!
Posted by: hollyaprea May 04, 2009Did you know that Michelle Obama is working with a local elementary school in Washington, DC to plant an organic garden on the lawn of the White House? It's been in the news a bit... »MORE
World No Tobacco Day - May 31st, 2009
Posted by: MichelleK May 04, 20092009 theme: TOBACCO HEALTH WARNINGS Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death. More than five million people die from the effects of tobacco every year — more than from HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. It... »MORE
Edible Schoolyard - Making a school garden and learning from it.
Posted by: andyberndt May 01, 2009The Edible Schoolyard (ESY), established in 1995, is a one-acre garden and kitchen classroom at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California. It is a program of the Chez Panisse Foundation, a... »MORE
Smokefree Dakota 5K - You can run with us for free!
Posted by: andyberndt May 01, 2009Hey Guys, the whole Catalyst staff will be running this. It's put on by Catalyst regular Diane Tran. If you want to run it, Catalyst will gladly pay your entrance fee! Also I plan on... »MORE
Summer of Catalyst - Our plans for Summer '09
Posted by: andyberndt May 01, 2009Catalyst Summer Events. This summer, we will not have our usual summit. With our expansion to healthy eating we're going to focus the summer on a variety of smaller events. We'll keep you updated on... »MORE
Catalyst Book Club! First Book: The Omnivore's Dilemma
Posted by: hollyaprea April 29, 2009It's official! Catalyst is starting a book club. We figured Oprah's doing it, so why not Catalyst? And Catalyst members seem to agree - thanks for the encouragement friends! If you're ready for some fun... »MORE
Project Sprout - Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Posted by: hollyaprea April 29, 2009Check out this amazing youth-led effort in Massachusetts! If you've been following the Catalyst blog today, you'll notice some connections. We have been reading up on the Youth Food Movement (a network of yout activists... »MORE
Terra Madre - global and local all at once!
Posted by: hollyaprea April 29, 2009Like our post about the Youth Food Movement? Then check out Terra Madre, and international network of farmers, students, researchers, chefs, fishermen, academics, and more - all working to support local food systems and traditions... »MORE
Youth Food Movement!
Posted by: hollyaprea April 29, 2009You can check out the Youth Food Movement at www.youthfoodmovement.org and on facebook. This network of youth activists focus on bringing good, clean, and fair food to their communities. You can check out what they... »MORE
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