Ikea is giving a grand gift to its employees this Holiday season – a bicycle. This grey, commuter-friendly bike supports Ikea’s efforts to cultivate healthy living habits in its employees. As expected, the bikes require self-assembly. MSNBC reports the news here.
Now if we can just get Ikea to follow up this gift by providing a helmet, a bike safety check, education about riding on the road and ensure secure bike parking at its stores…
Yay bikes!
Efforts to improve school food received a boost on Monday as President Obama signed The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law. See HERE for a concise summary of this encouraging legislation. Highlights of the bill for me include improved ease of enrollment into the National School Lunch Program for low-income students, implementation of more health-conscious nutritional standards, an increase in the operation of summer food programs and an emphasis on food insecurity research. For a more detailed description of the new regulations I recommend GovTrack.
I’m so pleased that the President and First Lady have placed a priority on providing wholesome food to our nation’s students. Yay!
The School Food Tour 