If you missed Jeanette Abi-Nader’s presentation on the Whole Measures for Community Food Systems last Thursday, the you can view the archived recording (and link to additional resources) on our webinar page: http://www.appalachianfoodshedproject.org/events.html.
Next month (April 17th), we are excited to have Michelle Kaiser from OSU present on her community food systems work:
Beyond the sociodemographics: Measuring Community Food Security
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
12:00 pm Eastern Time
https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/foodshed
Michelle Kaiser, PhD, MSW, MPH will talk about how she approached measuring community food security, and why she sought to move beyond household and individual level sociodemographic information (which are largely unchangeable) in her research. Her methodology include "food environment" variables that can be targeted for practice and policy level interventions. This includes looking at food access, use of food programs, agriculture production, food program usage, direct farm sales, availability of different food markets, and affordability. She will share how the findings can be used at the community-level to specifically target vulnerabilities in the food environment for interventions that are more likely to impact community food security. She will also highlight community efforts that are protecting communities that may serve as examples to others.
If you are planning to participate, please go to this link to confirm your ability to log on to the Connect server: www.extension.iastate.edu/testconnect . For best results, we suggest you use Firefox or Internet Explorer as your web browser.
Hope to see you there!
Nikki
Nikki D'Adamo-Damery
Appalachian Foodshed Deputy Director
www.appalachianfoodshedproject.org
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Virginia Tech
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (0228)
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Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist
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