The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center has compiled a list of June webinars that will help you stay up to date and informed on how COVID-19 is impacting the food system and how food policy advocates and changemakers are responding.
COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems – Responses and innovations to tackle vulnerabilities and build back better
Organized By: Food and Agriculture Organization
When: Wednesday June 3, 2020; 8:30 AM ET
Length: 90 minutes
About: The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to food systems worldwide – but also enormous opportunities. It is a wakeup call that has highlighted the need for holistic approaches to address not only the shock it has created but also the vulnerabilities of our unsustainable food systems. To build sustainable food systems we will need more coordinated, more integrated measures – a food systems approach. Join experts from FAO, IFAD, UNEP and WWF for a discussion with key experts and policymakers who will provide insights on how to combat the pandemic’s impact and build sustainable food systems.
Registration: Here
“Right to Harm” anti-CAFO Film Panel Discussion
Organized By: Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture (IARA) and its 35 member organizations, Regeneration Iowa, Iowa Farmers Union, Organic Consumers Association, Regeneration International, Farmers & Ranchers for a Green New Deal and many other organizations.
When: Thursday June 4th 2020; 8:00 PM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: Join Organic Consumers Association for a panel discussion on the documentary, “Right To Harm,” which exposes the crippling impact factory farming has on public health, and how mostly rural and low-income communities suffer the most. The film features five families exposed to millions of gallons of untreated waste from neighboring Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), and how they banded together to demand justice. The film is available online for streaming here.
Registration: Here
Advocacy 101 Training
Organized By: The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy
When: Thursday, June 4, 2020; 12:30 PM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: This training provides a solid foundation of what advocacy and lobbying are and are not, an understanding that 501(c)(3) organizations can in fact lobby, and an exploration of the broad range of activities nonprofits can engage in to influence public policy. Equity Advocates and Lawyers Alliance will also explain the federal, state and local lobbying rules and restrictions for nonprofits; and best practices on how to track your advocacy and lobbying activities for impact and the IRS. This webinar is sponsored by the Fund for the City of New York/DOH Center for Health Equity in East Harlem as well as the Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Food Systems Dashboard Webinar
Organized By: The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with iTech Mission, Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Michigan, and Euromonitor
When: Friday, June 5, 2020; 9:00 AM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: The Food Systems Dashboard is a unique holistic resource intended to provide policymakers, non-governmental organizations, businesses, civil society leaders, and others with a way to visualize national food systems, understand the interconnections across multiple sectors, perform comparisons with other countries, identify key challenges, and actions. Join the webinar to learn more about the Dashboard and what it can do.
Registration: Here
Growing Your Grassroots: Employing Local Community Leaders for SNAP & Incentive Outreach at Markets
Organized By: The Farmers Market Coalition
When: Friday June 5, 2020; 1:30 PM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: Experts will discuss two different outreach programs–FreshLink Ambassadors and Food Navigators–that employ community members to spread the word about how to access fresh, healthy, locally grown food at farmers markets.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Teaching Food and Nutrition for All
Organized By: The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy
When: Monday, June 8, 2020 – Sunday, June 28, 2020
Length: 4 week course
About: This course begins by exploring personal relationships with food, healthy eating, and our memories — good and bad — of school lunch. Then, it investigates the challenges presented by our current food supply and why education about food and nutrition is essential for today’s students, who will become tomorrow’s adults facing crucial decisions about how food is produced and consumed in our changing world.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Micronutrients in emergencies: How can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?
Organized By: The Food Security and Nutrition Network
When: Tuesday, June 9, 2020; 9:30 AM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: The COVID-19 pandemic is creating rapid changes in health care delivery, food security, agriculture, and international aid prioritization. In addition to its immediate impact on health and society, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in significant short- and long-term disruptions to food systems, resulting in the decreased availability of nutritious foods and a rise in the global prevalence of all forms of malnutrition, including micronutrient malnutrition. Micronutrient deficiencies can easily develop, or be exacerbated, during such an emergency.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Farming for Justice: From Gun Violence to Homesteading
Organized By: Groundswell
When: Wednesday, June 10; 12:00 PM ET
Length: 90 minutes
About: Farmer Chantel Johnson will speak about her journey, from surviving the impacts of gun violence to creating and operating Off Grid in Color, a farming business that uses sustainability as a tool for healing and building intentional community. As a farmer, a doula and a counselor with a Masters degree in social work, Chantel embraces holistic practices including agriculture, restorative living and the power of healing.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Pivoting Promotional Strategies to Address Changing Needs: A Presentation and Dialogue
Organized By: The Farmers Market Coalition
When: Thursday, June 11th, 2020; 1:00 PM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: Join this presentation and discussion to learn about how nutrition incentive programs are pivoting their promotional strategies to align with changing environments. The Fair Food Network’s communications director, Andi Nank, and content marketing manager, Madeleine Bazinski, will give an overview of promising communications strategies during the COVID-19 crisis. Practitioners from the national network will speak about their experiences and the challenges they faced while changing their own promotional strategies.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Sick in the Slaughterhouse: Protecting Meat Industry Workers During the Pandemic and Beyond
Organized By: Vermont Law School
When: Thursday June 18, 2020; 12:00 PM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a crippling effect on America’s meat factory industry. Factories have been forced to close amidst outbreaks in the facilities and workers are faced with high risk of exposure. David Muraskin from Vermont Law School will talk about how to protect meat industry workers during the outbreak and beyond.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Challenge & Opportunity: How Three Female Agricultural Entrepreneurs are Responding to COVID-19
Organized By: The Food Security and Nutrition Network
When: Thursday, June 18, 2020; 10:00 AM ET
Length: 60 minutes
About: Join Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation Director Laura Harwig in a discussion with three of their partners about their experiences adapting to the pandemic and what it means for the future of their respective agriculture businesses. As part of this discussion, Partnering for Innovation will share highlights from its recent survey capturing the impact of COVID-19 on their past and current partners engaged in various agribusiness sectors across 19 countries.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
5th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy Week
Organized By: The Food Security and Nutrition Network
When: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (All day) to Thursday, July 2, 2020 (All day)
Length: Webinars and virtual events across two weeks
About: This year’s Academy Week will bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from across the world who are working at the intersection of agriculture, nutrition and health to foster knowledge exchange, innovation, and learning, touching on COVID-19’s impacts on the Food Security and Nutrition Network’s shared work.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
Inspiring Discussions on Improving the Post-COVID Food System from Food Talk Live
Organized By: The Food Tank
When: Every weekday at 1 PM and 5 PM ET
Length: 30 minutes
About: Each weekday, twice a day for the foreseeable future, the Food Tank’s Danielle Nierenberg will be interviewing a range of food policy experts to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting their work and how they view the future of the food industry.
Registration/Enrollment: Here
