Category: Food System Equity
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Building Health Equity Podcast | Food Access Equity: Giving Everyone a Seat at the Table
The fifth episode of the Building Health Equity webinar series has been converted into a podcast for easier listening on the go! We’ve partnered with the Share Public Health podcast series to bring you this episode. This podcast is formatted from the Food Access Equity: Giving Everyone a Seat at the Table webinar, discussing what equitable food access means […]
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Portrait of a Food Pantry Visitor: Data, Demographics, and Disparities
The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) has produced a report of the data, demographics, and disparities among their food pantry beneficiaries for the year 2022. This document may be of interest to those working in the Des Moines, Iowa area. Some of DMARC’s key findings include “nearly 3 out of 4 food pantry visitors […]
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Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: Racism in the Value Chain of Food and Beverage
In this Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: Racism in the Value Chain of Food and Beverage webinar, explore historical and current inequities in starting-up a food or beverage-based business. Panelists speak on their experience in being a BIPOC owner and working, marketing, and selling within industries that are historically white-owned. This is the […]
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Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: Financing and Land Access Inequities
Examine the history of agricultural land ownership disparities and historical lockouts of financing with private institutions and the USDA in this webinar episode produced by Penn State Extension. Panelists speak on their own experiences with operating a farm project, funding, and financing a farm startup. This webinar is the third of a four-part series on […]
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Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: Food Access, Equity, and Farmers Markets
If you ask, most farmers markets will tell you that the market is for everyone in the community. However, to some members of the community, farmers markets and CSA programs can feel exclusive. In the Exploring Racial Equity and Access in our Food System: Food Access, Equity and Farmers Markets webinar, panelists explore how farmers markets and […]
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Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: History, Land Access, and Race
The Exploring Racial Equity and Access in Our Food System: History, Land Access, and Race webinar produced by Penn State Extension examines the impact of the long history of structural and systemic racism within the food and agricultural systems on black and brown farmers in the United States. The guest panelists share their lived experiences with racism […]
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Recorded Webinar | Building Health Equity Webinar Series: Food Access Equity: Giving Everyone a Seat at the Table
View the fifth session in our Building Health Equity webinar series: Food Access Equity: Giving Everyone a Seat at the Table. We featured Nicki Ross from Table to Table, Luke Elzinga from the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), and Marlén Mendoza from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). This was a live […]