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Black History Month – Week 2

Image showing black leaders through US history. Title reads " Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance, a Journey to Equality"Image featuring Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights and food justice activist.

The theme for this week is Activism. Food activism can be seen in many aspects of African American History.

 

👉🏾When the Transatlantic Slave Trade started, captured Africans braided seeds and grains into their hair to bring their foods with them as a way of survival. Rice, okra, peanuts, benne, watermelon are some examples of seeds and grains that were hidden and brought from their native homeland.

👉🏾During the Jim Crow era, sit-ins were staged at restaurants that would not serve Black people.

👉🏾During the Civil Rights era, secret baking clubs raised money for fund protests; Black restaurants became meeting places for African American entertainers and leaders to plan protests

👉🏾During the 1960’s, Free Breakfast programs were first started by the Black Panthers to feed hungry children in their communities.

 

References:

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/black-communities-food-as-protest (accessed 2.2.2023)

https://www.bread.org/article/fannie-lou-hamer-pioneer-of-food-justice/ (accessed 2.2.2023)

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-hair-was-used-to-smuggle-grains-into-the-caribbean-by-african-slaves (accessed 2.2.2023)

 

Feb/2023 Written and created by: U. R. Taylor, MS, RDN, CDN  and Lindsey Brush

 

📷 Credit: https://www.dandelionridgefarmky.com

 

National Heart Health Month

hands holding a trail mapFebruary is National Heart Health month!
Hiking provides all of the classic health benefits you get from most cardio exercises. It improves blood pressure, lowers your risk of heart disease, decreases cholesterol, and helps control your weight. There is nothing better than getting some fresh air in Winter if you feel cooped up. Hiking is good for both physical and mental health. But one of the most obvious is improved cardiovascular fitness. February is Heart health month… so go enjoy a winter hike.
This message is brought to you by the UConn Extension PATHS team – People Active on Trails for Health and Sustainability. We are an interdisciplinary team of University of Connecticut extension educators, faculty, and staff committed to understanding and promoting the benefits of trails and natural resources for health, community & economic development and implementing a social ecological approach to health education.

5 Tips For Trail Etiquette

With the recent pandemic, you may find yourselves utilizing more local trails than ever before. Here are a few tips to keep in mind while you take your adventures outdoors!

This message is brought to you by the UConn Extension PATHS team – People Active on Trails for Health and Sustainability. We are an interdisciplinary team of University of Connecticut extension educators, faculty, and staff committed to understanding and promoting the benefits of trails and natural resources for health, community & economic development and implementing a social ecological approach to health education.