Food as Medicine

Name: Nutrition con Sabor: Simple nutrition with traditional heritage foods
Start: 2023-03-29T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-03-29T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Zoom Webinar

April 2021
Our Health, From the Soil Up: Regenerative Agriculture and Human Nutrition

April 29, 2021 @ 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Zoom Webinar

Join us for an interactive online session. Nutrition and farming experts will guide discussion of several brief video excerpts from two essential films on regenerative agriculture and the connections among human health, our environment and food production. Special thanks to Kiss the Ground for providing an educational version of their film. SPEAKERS: Erin Krier, MS…
March 2023
Nutrition con Sabor: Simple nutrition with traditional heritage foods

March 29, 2023 @ 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Zoom Webinar

Food as Medicine-a Foodbank SBC virtual event Join Krista, a registered dietitian specializing in serving the nutrition needs of the Latino community, for a better understanding of common misconceptions about Latino cultural foods and health; discuss what makes a healthy diet and how Latino cultural foods can fit this need. Register Now!

Free

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Events

Food as Medicine

April 2021

Our Health, From the Soil Up: Regenerative Agriculture and Human Nutrition

March 2023

Nutrition con Sabor: Simple nutrition with traditional heritage foods

What we mean by…

INVEST IN OUR FOOD ECONOMY

1. Train the next generation of farmers and food system entrepreneurs.

2. Create shared resources and tools that encourage entry into the local food economy.

3. Develop a local food purchasing policy.

4. Strengthen local food distribution systems.

5. Facilitate investment in food systems development.

INVEST IN OUR HEALTH & WELLNESS

6. Support neighborhood peer-to-peer education and empowerment to improve health outcomes.

7. Facilitate the adoption and implementation of workplace wellness policies.

8. Integrate food literacy into school programs.

9. Establish “Food As Medicine” programs.

INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY

10. Establish community food access centers.

11. Increase affordability and accessibility to locally grown food.

12. Support fair compensation and affordable housing for food system workers.

INVEST IN OUR FOODSHED

13. Increase the food system’s climate resiliency.

14. Protect existing and potential farm land, ranch land, and ecosystems.

15. Reduce food waste through policy education and collaboration.

16. Promote and incentivize best management practices for farms and food system businesses.

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A Food Action Network for Everyone

Una Red de Acción Alimentaria para Todos