Rooted in Community: Nourishment, Culture, and Connection Through Food
Fair Food Network
online
Online, VT 00000
United States
Food nourishes more than our bodies; it sustains our identities, our traditions, and our communities. Join Fair Food Network on July 29 for a free virtual roundtable that digs into how community food programs can be vehicles for dignity, belonging, and cultural connection.
Fair Food Network’s Erica Raml, Senior Director of Nutrition Incentives, will be joined by David Peeples, Director of Programs at The Food Group in Minneapolis, and Kirsten Hansen, FreshRx Program Coordinator at New Mexico Farmers Market Association to explore how programs across the food system and health-focused nutrition interventions are shifting toward models that uplift local growers, reflect cultural foodways, and center community voices.
Together, the speakers will share how they are working in partnership with communities to:
- Expand access to locally grown and culturally meaningful foods
- Redesign food banks and pantries as centers of community connection
- Promote models and build systems that are resilient and restorative