The changes in workplaces and schools are taking hold, said Kristie Rauter, community health improvement planner for Wood County Health Department.
FORBES: Wisconsin Brings Farm Food to the Schools -- and Keeps the Dollars Local
Farm to Schools program has become a regular part of the learning and eating experience in all six Wood County school districts.
FORBES: Wisconsin Brings Farm Food to the Schools -- and Keeps the Dollars Local
The work has been organized by Get Active Wood County, a coalition convened by the county health department and supported by federal prevention funds.
FORBES: Wisconsin Brings Farm Food to the Schools -- and Keeps the Dollars Local
With the help of a health department employee, students, parents and community volunteers have also created gardens at a dozen Wood County schools, including greenhouses for year-round use.
FORBES: Wisconsin Brings Farm Food to the Schools -- and Keeps the Dollars Local
Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested last month in Wood County, Texas, when she and another woman tried to stop a bulldozer from clearing land along the pipeline path.
So three years ago, Wood County health officials and advocates began a program to bring schoolchildren out for visits to working farms and, just as important, bring produce from the farms to school cafeterias.
FORBES: Wisconsin Brings Farm Food to the Schools -- and Keeps the Dollars Local
Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Ed Lambert said allowing Berkshire County wood to be shipped statewide would have made the beetle far more difficult to contain.
Hart will be looking for a new assistant as previous incumbent Peter Shirtliff has also left the club, however goalkeeping coach George Wood will remain at the County Ground.
Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said Monday that no physical evidence links McLelland's death and Hasse's, although previously he had said he believes there is a "strong connection" between the killings.
Although the county coroner's office ruled at the time that Wood's death was an accident, others said then that that made no sense.
Lambert said businesses can still transport wood to mills in New York, which has emerald ash borer quarantines in counties that border Berkshire County.
应用推荐