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Ammerman to discuss link between sustainable local food systems and health Thursday

October 11, 2010

Local food has become very trendy.  There are plenty of good arguments in favor of the local food movement, many regarding protecting the environment and a way of life for small farmers.  But does eat … Read more


UNC faculty and staff have new access to fresh veggies at Carolina Campus Community Garden

June 16, 2010

HPDP researchers helped turn an idea for an employee food bank into an opportunity for members of the UNC community learn about gardening while growing vegetables on campus. The Carolina Campus Commun … Read more


Church garden hopes to cultivate good health

May 10, 2010

A new partnership between the Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church, pastored by Reverend Carson Jones, and the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) seeks to cultivate bette … Read more


UNC HPDP selects two new WK Kellogg Health Scholars

April 27, 2010

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) will welcome two new postdoctoral students to be WK Kellogg Health Scholars beginning in August. Barbara Baquero and Briana Woods will … Read more


Ammerman joins new state council on local food

January 29, 2010

Alice Ammerman, director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and professor of nutrition in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has joined a new state council focused … Read more


Sustainable agriculture grows at HPDP this spring

February 9, 2009

In keeping with its mission to reduce heath disparities, the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is investigating the links between local sustainable food systems and health. … Read more