Delta Garden Study Receives Grant From ARCF
May 6, 2010
The Delta Garden Study is pleased to announce that the study was recently awarded a $6000 grant from the Arkansas Community Foundation. This grant will be used to purchase cooking equipment for the participating schools, such as electric woks, solar cookers and canning supplies. These additions will allow for healthy cooking demonstrations and hands on experience for the children. To find out more about the Arkansas Community Foundation visit their website at www.arcf.org.
Employment Opportunities
The Delta Garden study has an opening for Research Associate on our team, please visit Job Openings to find out more information or to learn how to apply.
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Please remember to check out our Mabelvale Progress page to see what is going on at Mabelvale Magnet Middle School.
Please remember to check out our Mabelvale Progress page to see what is going on at Mabelvale Magnet Middle School.
Actively Recruiting Schools
The Delta Garden Study is currently recruiting middle schools in Arkansas for this school-based Delta Garden Study. If you are interested in The Delta Garden Study, please visit our School Recruitment page. If you would like to be a community collaborator please contact us here.
Our Project Goals
1) To reduce childhood obesity in the state of Arkansas.
2) To decrease social risk behaviors in Middle Schoolers and to improve academic acheivement.
3) To support the Farm to School effort by helping to provide fresh, locally grown produce to schools.
2) To decrease social risk behaviors in Middle Schoolers and to improve academic acheivement.
3) To support the Farm to School effort by helping to provide fresh, locally grown produce to schools.
The Delta Garden Study is a cooperative research project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), through the Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit. Additional information about this research unit can be found at www.ars.usda.gov.
