Protecting Access To Fresh Food, Supporting Farmers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Wello and its partners, Casa ALBA Melanie - Hispanic Resource Center and four local farmers markets, have created a multi-faceted approach to protect access to fresh foods and support the area’s farming community.
Grassroots Efforts to Improve Community Health
Jane Busch, a life-long resident of Cross Plains, Wisconsin, is working to make her community healthier. Through a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Jane and the LIFE (Lifestyle Initiative for Fitness Empowerment) Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit organization in Cross Plains, and academic partner Daniel Jarzemsky, MD, clinical associate professor, Department of Family Medicine and physician at the UW Health Cross Plains Clinic, are working to improve nutrition, decrease obesity and increase physical activity for members of their rural community.