It was an honor to participate in Food Tank's recent event on Capitol Hill alongside members of Congress, leaders across the Biden-Harris Administration, nonprofits, and industry leaders. Preventing food loss and waste by directing surplus to hunger-fighting organizations is critical to our food system's ability to ensure nutrition security and human health nationwide. It was a pleasure to sit on a panel to discuss food access and affordability alongside Dr. Ruth Petersen, the Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary of Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Alberto A. González, Jr., MPP, Chief Policy Advisor at Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), at the USDA.
As Farmlink continues to advocate for pathways to make the abundance of nutritious food accessible to everyone, I am grateful to be part of a remarkable network of leaders and change-makers working towards our collective efforts to support farmers, feed communities, and heal the planet.
So wonderful to see and hear from friends and leaders across the field - U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (MA-2), U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (ME-1), Danielle Nierenberg, Bernard Pollack, Dr. Jean Buzby, Amanda Oenbring, and Regina (Anderson) Harmon.
We couldn't be more excited about our Shared Plate Pledge, thanks so much to the whole team at Food Bank News for this visibility!