Texas Health is teaming up with Gallup to launch a first-of-its kind nutrition security study to gain a better understanding of the challenges around healthy food access. The findings of the study, which will focus on Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin counties, will help guide Texas Health’s expansion of current programs, engage the community in long-terms solutions, and increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in North Texas.

Calling all food retailers, food hubs, farmers markets, and mobile markets. The Fort Worth Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), a partnership between the City of Fort Worth and PeopleFund, provides low-cost loans to open, renovate, or expand mid-size and small food retail outlets in low- and moderate-income communities with few grocery options. The program allows small-business owners to grow their business with low interest rates and extended terms while improving the health of our community.

June is National Great Outdoors Month – something right up our alley! It’s a great opportunity to encourage children and adults alike to get outside and support a healthy lifestyle. Remember, one of the Power 9® principles for longevity is Moving Naturally. In the original Blue Zones areas of the world, people don’t exercise by going to the gym or running marathons; movement is built into their daily lives through gardening, walking, and other chores.

This Saturday, the Ramey Street Market Mural created by the art students of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was unveiled to the Stop Six community.

Everywhere you look, the healthy choice is becoming the easy choice—as Blue Zones Project^®, gains momentum in its efforts to support longer, better lives. Now the community-led well-being improvement initiative is celebrating those who are helping to make their city one of the nation’s healthiest.