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With 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
We 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 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
Really 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
Looks 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
We'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
The 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 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
Recently, 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
I 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
Basically 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
The 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
We'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
We 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
A 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
This is an interesting story about Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food", a terribly interesting book about what we eat and it's effects on our bodies and the enviornment. This recent quote... »MORE
ACTIVE Life Movement is a movement committed to changing the way we live. Here are some motivating reasons ACTIVE Life Movement got started: Today’s youth represent the first generation in 100 years to have a... »MORE
A US health group has Called a voluntary industry initiative to tackle junk food marketing in schools a “sham”. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says that the Children’s Food and Beverage... »MORE
The Catalyst Crew traveled up to Bovey MN again this year to have another wicked training. Caleb, Seraphina and I rolled up there to talk a little healthy eating, and a little tobacco. It was... »MORE
Fifty-three percent of kids surveyed visited a corner store daily, five days per week; Chips and candy top the list of items purchased, but efforts are being made to increase healthy options. Children in Philadelphia... »MORE