[All-extension] FW: Webinar today from the Healthy Food Access Portal

[Neikirk, Heather]

Colleagues-

For anyone interested in Community and Local Food Systems..Healthy Food Access Portal is offering a 1-hour food policy webinar today at 2pmEST.
Featured speakers and access information is included in the forwarded email below from Sharon Lezberg, CLRFS extension CoP Community.

Have a great day!

Heather

[The Ohio State University]
Heather Monnot Neikirk Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Co-Leader, Local Foods Signature Program
STARK COUNTY Ohio State University Extension
USDA Service Center | 2650 Richville Drive SE, Suite 100 Massillon, OH 44646
Office: 330-830-7700, ext.116
neikirk.2 at osu.edu<mailto:neikirk.2 at osu.edu> osu.edu<http://osu.edu/>


From: "Sharon L. Lezberg" <slezberg at wisc.edu<mailto:slezberg at wisc.edu>>
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:53 AM
To: "Sharon L. Lezberg" <slezberg at wisc.edu<mailto:slezberg at wisc.edu>>, CLRFS eXtension CoP Community <local-foods at lists.extension.org<mailto:local-foods at lists.extension.org>>
Subject: Re: Webinar today from the Healthy Food Access Portal

eCoP members:

I forgot to mention that the one hour webinar today is at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Sharon

On 10/24/13, "Sharon L. Lezberg" <slezberg at wisc.edu<mailto:slezberg at wisc.edu>> wrote:
CLRFS eCoP,

Sorry about the last minute notice, but I just learned of a webinar being held today that will interest many of you.

>From 'The Healthy Food Access Portal':

In honor of Food Day, the Healthy Food Access Portal is holding a food policy 101 webinar, which will bring together community leaders and activists from throughout the country to share strategies for improving access to healthy foods.

Webinar speakers will discuss the best way to harness the power of community to create policy change at the local, state, and federal levels. The webinar will address a range of topics including why healthy food access is important, the role that food policy councils, community leaders, and local government can play in making real policy change, and how to engage community to improve food access and quality.

Join us on Food Day 2013 to grow healthy food access efforts in our communities.

Featured Speakers:

  *   Allison Hagey, Senior Associate, PolicyLink
  *   Brandy H. M. Brooks, Interim Manager, Food Access Policy and
Programming, Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness
  *   Lindsey Day Farnsworth, Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Community and Regional Food Systems Project, Center for Integrated
Agricultural Systems
  *   Breanna Morrison, Policy Analyst, Food Systems / Retail, Community
Health Councils, Inc.

Register for the webinar <https://cc.readytalk.com/r/xzhnxf2my0eb&eom>.

You can also follow highlights from the conversation on Twitter
@accessfood<https://twitter.com/accessfood> using
#healthyfoodaccess<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23healthyfoodaccess&src=hash>
and #FoodDay2013<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23foodday2013&src=hash>.

** I'll try to get access to the recording of this webinar and post a link to "Learn" at eXtension.

Kind regards,
Sharon
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(608) 265-3473

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