Farm to ECE 2021 Annual Learning Session
A virtual learning session for all ASPHN Farm to ECE grantees took place March 29-31, 2021. The objectives we addresses during the 2021 annual learning session were 1) Build farm to ECE knowledge and skills; 2) Identify farm to ECE as a tool to address social determinants of health; 3) Understand coalition structures and processes that help address equity; and 4) Network within and between farm to ECE grantee teams.
FARM TO ECE EVIDENCE BASE
Diane Harris, PhD, MPH, CHES, Senior Health Scientist and Team Lead, CDC
FARM TO ECE – EXPERIENCE FROM THE FIELD
Facilitator: Brianna Dumas, MPH, RDN, Orise Fellow, CDC
Panelists: Monica Jackson, Owner and Educator, MJ Family Child Care; Kena and Mark Guttridge, Owners and Farmers, Ollin Farms; Heather Hauswirth, RD, Farm to ECE Program Specialist, Boulder County Public Health
PLAN-DO-STUDY-ACT IN THEORY: PDSA’S AND THEIR VALUE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Sandy Perkins, MS, RD, MCH Nutrition Expert and Public Health Nutrition, ASPHN
SOCIAL AND EMOTION BENEFITS OF FARM TO ECE & OUTDOOR LEARNING
Facilitator: Lacy Stephens, MS, RD, Senior Program Manager, NFSN
Speakers: Sheila Humphreys, MEd, Farm to School Program Coordinator, Food Connects; Diona Williams, MA, MEd, Professor, Tribal Community College on the Tohono O’odham Nation, and Owner and Educator, Out Back Learning, LLC
ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVES
Moderator: Caron Gremont, MA, Early Childhood Director, Share Our Strength/ No Kid Hungry
Panelists: Sarah Adams-Kollitz, Director, Burlington Children’s Place, Vermont; Dr. Curtis Chavez, PhD, MS, Development Director, Keres Children’s Learning Center, New Mexico; Andrea Lopez, CentroNía Food and Wellness Program Officer, District of Columbia; Wande Okunoren-Meadows, Executive Director, Little Ones Learning Center & Hand, Heart and Soul Project, Georgia
UNDOING RACISM IN COALITIONS: PRACTICING THE CONCEPTS
Dietra Hawkins, PsyD, MA, Founder and President, Both And Partners, Inc
APPLYING THE NFSN RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR FARM TO ECE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
Lacy Stephens, MS, RD, Senior Program Manager, National Farm to School Network
HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND POLICIES DRIVING THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEMS
tessa eliza thraves, Farm to School Coordinator, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, NC State University
THE IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATION OF ASSET-BASED LANGUAGE
Alena Paisano, NM Farm to ECE Coordinator, NM Value Chain Coordination Network Project Manager