“The pandemic offers us a unique opportunity to explore the positive benefits of investing our time and resources into locally grown food for more resilient communities,” said Jodee Ellett, who oversees community engagement at IU Sustainable Food Systems Science. “The virtual format will enable folks from all over Indiana to connect with others to learn, share and connect about community food issues in common.”

The Indiana Uplands Food Network is an active collaboration of residents, leaders, educators and food professionals that developed from the Local Food, Local Good study in 2019, which inventoried local food resources across the southwest Indiana region.

 

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Kyla Cox Deckard, IU Center for Rural Engagement
(812) 855-4992 office  (812) 219-9993 cell
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Registration for the conference is open to the public and includes all sessions. Visit the event page for more information.

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IU Sustainable Food Systems Science couples field, lab-based and big-data research between IU’s accomplished food, nutrition, agro-ecological, decision sciences and systems scholars to forge a networked effort in the study of Sustainable Food Systems Science. Our integrated approach seeks to understand sustainable food system development, from farm to fork, by studying the leverage points that can be used to build more resilient and sustainable food systems that support food justice, public health and well-being, sustain more livelihoods and improve civic and community life.