Nutrition

Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food at Northwest Arkansas Community College is currently working on improving school lunches through a USDA grant. This initiative, part of the C.H.E.F. Challenge (Children’s Health through Education and Food), focuses on enhancing nutrition and supporting local agriculture.

On today's show, we hear how Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food is making school lunches more nutritious and better for local farmers. We also prepare for a weekend of jazz music in Rhode Island. Plus, a new edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal report.

Fayetteville and Springdale schools are offering free summer meals to anyone 18 years old and younger. Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore talks to officials and parents.

On today's show, school districts in northwest Arkansas are offering free lunch to everyone 18 and younger. Also, expanding maternal healthcare options in Arkansas. Plus, the latest ratings on how bike-friendly cities are across the state.

Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams talks with Jamie Baum and Tyrone Washington about research into muscle growth and recovery.

It's the season for backyard cookouts, picnics and outdoor potlucks—and if you're not careful, it's the season for foodborne illness. Ozarks at Large's latest installment of the series “Balance,” dedicated to health, exercise and nutrition, considers food safety.

The school district in Arkansas’ largest city is asking for help to pay off school lunch debt. At a press conference this week, Little Rock School District Superintendent Jermall Wright said the district's nutrition department has few resources to bridge the gap between school budgets and unpaid student lunch debt.

Arkansas is submitting a waiver to the federal government to ban candy and soda from being purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the restrictions will encourage low-income Arkansans to make healthier choices at the grocery store.

A new research institute has opened on the University of Arkansas campus. On today's show, a tour of the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research. Also, the deadline for Real ID is approaching and we have what you need to know. Plus, we hear about next month's Fresh Grass Festival's strong Arkansas connection.

Efforts to ban phones in Arkansas schools and to provide free breakfast for all public school students are officially law. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the two bills into law yesterday.