Agenda
for Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Understanding Food Deserts Workshop
Thursday,
October 9 |
| 8:00 am-8:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 am |
Administrative Announcements and Welcome
- Laurian Unnevehr, Director, Food Economics Division, ERS
-
Shelly Ver Ploeg, Food Assistance Branch, ERS
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| 9:00-10:30 am |
Session 1
Defining and Conceptualizing Areas of Low Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food |
- Lois Morton, Iowa State University
- Diego Rose, Tulane University
- Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
|
| 10:30-10:45 am |
Break
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|
10:45-12:00 am |
Session 2
Implications of Low Access for Food and Nutrition Assistance
Programs |
- Carol Olander, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Anne Bartholomew, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Joel Berg, New York City Coalition Against Hunger
- Lorette Picciano, Rural Coalition
|
| 12:00-12:45 pm |
Lunch at ERS |
12:45-1:30 pm |
Luncheon Address: Food Deserts and Diet and Health Outcomes
- Judith Wylie-Rosett, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the American Heart Association
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1:30-3:00 pm |
Session 3
Community Efforts to Reduce the Impact of Areas of Low Access |
Chair: Elizabeth Tuckermanty, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA
- Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
- LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development, Chicago, IL
- Pamela Roy, Farm to Table and the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council
- Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN
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| 3:00-3:15 pm |
Break |
| 3:15-4:45 pm |
Session 4
Roundtable Discussion of Program and Policy Options |
Chair: Neil Conklin, Farm Foundation
- Kami Pothukuchi, Wayne State University
- John Weidman, The Food Trust
- Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalition
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| 4:45 pm |
Closing and Adjourn
- Neil Conklin, Farm Foundation
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