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January 5th at 8:30am CST - January 5th at 4:30pm CST
State of the Plate: Minnesota Healthy Food Futures
This one-day conference for the health community examines the connections between food, farm and health policies. Learn more about food and farm policy issues relating to unhealthy food consumption, food justice and the role of health professionals in improving Minnesotans’ health through effective policy change.
For more information including a full agenda, and to register, visit: bit.ly/stateoftheplate
Conference learning objectives:
- Demonstrate the need for health community engagement on food and agriculture policy issues
- Increase knowledge about the food system and its health implications
- Increase understanding about factors in the food environment that affect people’s choices
- Increase understanding about farmers’ challenges in producing healthy food
- Identify the social justice implications of the existing food system
Featured speakers include:
- Dr. Kelly Brownell, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
- Dr. Mary Story, University of Minnesota
- Anne Haddix, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Angela Tagtow, Environmental Nutrition Solutions
- Hli Xyooj, Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.
- Dr. David Wallinga, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Janelle Waldock, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Monty Fox, White Earth Reservation
- Jill Krueger, Public Health Law Center
- And many others
Presented by:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
