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NPI research informing the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health highlighted in Morning Ag Clips

October 27th, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nutrition Policy Institute and affiliated researchers were featured in a Morning Ag Clips article on Oct. 20, 222, Nutrition Policy Institute work underpins historic White House conference. The article introduced the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which took place on Sept.

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NPI welcomes policy analyst Kassandra Bacon

October 20th, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie, Kassandra A Bacon

Kassandra Bacon joined the Nutrition Policy Institute staff as a project policy analyst on October 12, 2022. Kassandra attended the UC Berkeley School of Public Health where she earned her MPH with a concentration in Public Health Nutrition and Graduate Certificate in Food Systems.

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School drinking water lead testing programs present opportunities for policy improvement

October 14th, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Christina E Hecht, Lorrene D Ritchie

A new study from the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H.

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Welcoming Miranda Westfall to the Nutrition Policy Institute as the Director of the CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit

October 12th, 2022

By Miranda W Brown, Danielle Lee, Gail M Woodward-Lopez

Miranda Westfall joined the Nutrition Policy Institute on October 3, 2022 as the Director of the CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit. She will be mentored by Gail Woodward-Lopez, Principal Investigator of the unit.

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New data brief shows why WIC participants support the extension and permanency of the cash value benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables

October 10th, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

A new research brief from Nutrition Policy Institute and PHFE-WIC researchers shows that WIC participants prefer an increase in the WIC cash value benefit (CVB) to purchase fruits and vegetables.

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