Front-of-Package Disclosures on Children’s Drink Packages Can Improve Purchase Choices, UConn Research Finds

Front-of-Package Disclosures on Children’s Drink Packages Can Improve Purchase Choices, UConn Research Finds

Adding front-of-package ingredient disclosures significantly increases caregivers' ability to identify the presence and absence of common ingredients in sweetened fruit drinks and flavored waters and unsweetened 100% juice, according to UConn researchers.

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224 EcoSpace Selected for Hartford Foundation's Social Enterprise Accelerator Program

224 EcoSpace Selected for Hartford Foundation's Social Enterprise Accelerator Program

The Conference of Churches (TCC), parent organization of The 224 EcoSpace, was recently selected to participate in The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA) program. The impactful program was created to strengthen each organization's entrepreneurial capacity by launching or growing revenue-generating ventures that are mission-aligned. 

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Shelton, Stratford, Norwalk, Manchester, West Hartford Ranked Among Best Small Cities in US

Shelton, Stratford, Norwalk, Manchester, West Hartford Ranked Among Best Small Cities in US

The Best Small Cities in the U.S. list is out. The highest-ranking Connecticut community on the list is Shelton, the only Connecticut locale to attain a spot in the top 100, at number 99.  Ranking in the top 200 nationally were Stratford (155) and Norwalk (185). 

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