Dee Lee

The first week of August we had a visit to the nutritionist Alejandra Irola from “Qué dice la Nutri”, who was accompanying us in our “Regenerative Costa Rica” initiative, collecting the product harvested from the “Tierra Mágica de Tempate” farm in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The intention of this activity was to promote a healthy, nutritious and creative consumption of the products recently collected from the orchards, in which they have been working together with various actors in the area, to transform degraded soils into food-producing soils, 100% organic. TIP: Get our latest content by  joining our newsletter . Don’t miss out on   news that matter  in Costa Rica . Click here . With participation of representatives from the communities Talks were given with the participation of representatives of the communities involved in the project, from the Academy to the beneficiaries, who have been an extremely important part of the entire process of regenera...

Attorney Marc Scanlon meets with client Kimberly Ledezma at Salud Family Health Centers’ clinic in Commerce City, Colo. Every day in this Denver suburb, four lawyers join the clinic’s physicians, psychiatrists and social workers to consult on cases, as part of the clinic’s philosophy that mending legal ills is as important for health as diet and exercise. Jakob Rodgers/Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption Jakob Rodgers/Kaiser Health News Attorney Marc Scanlon meets with client Kimberly Ledezma at Salud Family Health Centers’ clinic in Commerce City, Colo. Every day in this Denver suburb, four lawyers join the clinic’s physicians, psychiatrists and social workers to consult on cases, as part of the clinic’s philosophy that mending legal ills is as important for health as diet and exercise. Jakob Rodgers/Kaiser Health News In her 19 years of living with cerebral palsy, scoliosis and other ailments, Cynthia Enriquez De Santiago has endured about 60 surgerie...

Here’s what you need to know: A spokeswoman for Food and Drug Administration said it was “confident in the expertise and ability of our staff to continue our critical public health work.” Credit… Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Two of the Food and Drug Administration ’s top vaccine regulators will leave the agency this fall, a development that could disrupt the F.D.A.’s work on deciding whether to recommend coronavirus vaccines for children under 12 and booster shots for the general population. Dr. Marion Gruber, the director of the F.D.A.’s vaccines office, will retire at the end of October, and her deputy, Dr. Philip Krause, will leave in November, according to an email that Dr. Peter Marks, the agency’s top vaccine regulator, sent to staff members on Tuesday. One reason for their departure was that Dr. Gruber and Dr. Krause were upset about the Biden administration’s recent announcement that American adults should get a coronavirus booster vac...

Supply and demand: an economic relationship which defines so many variables and outcomes of pork production. One of the most important supply and demand relationships in our industry is the recruiting and training of bright, young individuals to serve and lead in producing pork to feed the world. However, while the demand for talent from the slat level to the leadership level is increasing, the supply and opportunities to recruit and train the next wave of pork producers are decreasing. Creating internship opportunities and supporting our current education and training at the university level was a key takeaway from the recently held 2021 International Conference on Swine Nutrition at Iowa State University. Unfortunately, there isn’t one blanket solution to solve the industry’s talent supply issue. Instead, individually, and collectively, we are all going to need to contribute by helping mentor 4-H and FFA youth, creating internship and scholarship programs, ensuring that university ...