EDTalks - Child Nutrition + Early Brain Development

Our February 2016 EDTalks featured Bertrand Weber, the Director of Nutrition and Culinary Services for Minneapolis Public Schools who discussed the importance of high-quality school lunches and his innovative work leading the Farm-to-School movement. Dr. Megan Gunnar is the Associate Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Development, and the Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gunnar discussed the importance of early brain development and how we need to start engaging children in learning before kindergarten.