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Are you a professional or provider working in anti-hunger policy, food access, or food justice? Are you looking to better serve communities that are part of the Global Majority? Register for the Embody Lib Live Webinar: “Weight Inclusive Food Justice: What the Movement is Missing, How it Holds People of the Global Majority Back, and How to Do Better” on April 16th at 3:30 PM ET⁠ You will gain insight into how the food justice movement, rooted in Black liberation, has evolved to promote supremacist thinking and colonialist ideology. You will learn how bodies and food can be used to uphold systems of oppression, including how social identities and their proximity to systemic power shape these beliefs. After expanding on the various pillars of food justice, Patrilie, the session facilitator, will guide session participants through a historical timeline, starting with the emergence of food insecurity in America into the public eye during the Civil Rights movement, ending with specific examples of how weight bias and anti-fatness interfere with working towards inclusive food justice. Dietitians and Nutrition Professionals can receive 1.5 CEUs for their live attendance. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ekRWhui8

Why are communities with low food access consistently shamed for their food choices or bodies? Why are they further penalized when the limited food choices they do have are already more expensive and lower quality? From saying their body size is the main reason why health disparities exist to charging them more for beverages to limiting what types of foods they can buy on SNAP (Supplemental Food Assistance Program), we play a part in their oppression instead of being there to help them thrive.⁠ See below for a webinar opportunity to help make your food justice efforts more inclusive of all bodies.

🚨Happening right now: Just Dengerink presenting his paper on 'Foresight for Food Systems Change: How Participatory Foresight Processes can Re-energize National Food System Transformation Agendas' with Bram Peters at the Global Food Security Conference highlighting the potential of evidence-based participatory foresight processes to boost and national food system transformation processes and inspire collective action for food systems change.

Access to nutritious food is crucial for reducing health risks and improving lifelong health outcomes. Yet, many underserved communities and families lack access to it, similar to other #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth. Abt Global's René Nutter addresses how schools are vital to #FoodSecurity for many children and families and how access to proper nutrition at school can directly correlate to better educational outcomes. #AbtGlobal #Nutrition #HealthEquity

Join us for a lively discussion recorded straight from a bustling pub in Birmingham! In this episode, we dive deep into the heart of our daily sustenance - food. From its role in bringing communities together to the influence of celebrity chefs like Saltbae, we explore the multifaceted layers of food culture. But it doesn't stop there. Our conversation delves into the intersection of food and politics, skimming pressing issues such as climate change, animal welfare, and the Western obsession with dietary trends. We also confront the stark reality of food poverty and its impact on mental and physical health, highlighting the class divide embedded within our food systems. Should food be under state control? The debate over measures like the sugar tax sparks engaging dialogue as we contemplate the role of governance in shaping our dietary landscape. It's a conversation in the pub - so we just scratch the surface. From food deprivation used as a weapon to the need for food sustainability, there's still plenty more to unpack. #FoodCulture #FoodSecurity #FoodSustainability #PubConversations #FoodStories

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How connected are you to the food you purchase and consume? Over the past century, society’s focus on the food it consumes has shifted from origins and process to the latest price increase. Many communities also face uncertainty about the availability and quality of fresh foods in their nearest store. In this episode, Alida Miranda-Wolff speaks with Lisa Tallman, the Executive Director of Community Food Navigator. This Chicago organization champions food sovereignty by establishing and strengthening connections at every level of the food system and helping communities wrest back control from the conglomerates that currently hold most of the power in cultivation, distribution, and consumption. Rediscover your connection to food, culture, and community and find out: 🍽️ How we lost food sovereignty and why getting it back is so important 🍽️ How individuals can rejoin the food system chain for huge local impact 🍽️ The challenges and barriers to seizing back control of our sustenance 🍽️ The inextricable connection between culture and food security Listen here: https://hubs.ly/Q02FK-V00

💫 Looking to make a difference in food policy? Dive into our latest blog post to discover pathways to getting involved in food policy, programmes and campaigns.

🆕 Interview: "Try to work with informal food sector, not get rid of it: Delia Grace". 🗞️ Down To Earth spoke to Delia Grace, professor of Food Safety Systems at the Natural Resources Institute and co-author of the latest HLPE-FSN report, on how critical the issue of food insecurity in U-PU areas is and how food systems can be transformed there. Edited excerpts: 🌁 Although urban areas have a lower prevalence of stunting compared to rural areas, further disaggregation of urban areas by poverty showed that urban poor have very high stunting rates, as high as those in rural areas.