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SUMMARY:21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Join together with thousands of people on a shared journey of learning\, expanding your knowledge\, and charting a course of action to dismantle racism in our food system and our world! \nThe 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge is simple! \nYou commit to deepening your understanding of\, and willingness to confront\, racism for twenty-one consecutive days in April of 2021. The Challenge will raise your awareness\, change your understanding and shift the way you behave. \nHowever\, the Challenge goes beyond individual or interpersonal racism by helping to demystify structural and institutional racism and white supremacist patterns that are sometimes invisible to people. Finally\, the Challenge inspires you to act\, on your own or with others in your organization\, business or group\, to dismantle these systems\, to make changes in your work and the world that can build true equity and justice for all.
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/21-day-racial-equity-habit-building-challenge/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line: Linking Soil to Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 6th annual ‘Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line’ event on February 23 & 24\, 2021. This year\, like most other events\, will look a little different. We have an excellent line-up of speakers for this virtual conference delivered via Zoom. Registration is free\, and those who preregister will have the Zoom link emailed to them the week of the conference. Check out the full agenda below to see the line-up of speakers and topics. \nThis event is made possible by our partners: Area 4 Research Farm\, Bismarck State College\, Morton and Burleigh County Soil Conservation Districts\, Menoken Farm\, ND Grazing Lands Coalition\, NDSU Extension\, NDSU Research Extension Centers\, USDA Agricultural Research Service\, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. \nRegistration required
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/farming-and-ranching-for-the-bottom-line-linking-soil-to-well-being/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Building Relationships Across Higher Education Institutions to Address Racism in the Food System
DESCRIPTION:he land grant system includes the 1862 (white-led)\, 1890 (historically Black) and 1994 (Tribal/Indigenous) colleges and universities. These land grants\, as well as Hispanic Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities and other public/private higher education institutions all contribute to the advancement of a more sustainable and equitable food system. \nThis webinar will use a racial equity lens to provide an overview of the history and policy that developed these institutions and using that same lens\, reimagine an asset-based pluralistic model of collaborative research and outreach across these institutions to advance food system sustainability and resiliency. \nPanelists from the land grant system and a Hispanic Serving Ag Institution will provide brief remarks followed by a facilitated discussion across panelists and with the webinar audience about how to create a more sustainable and equitable food system future. \n Featuring: \n\nAlex Racelis – University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley\nMekko Tyner – College of Muscogee Nation\nLindsey Lunsford – Tuskegee University\nRich Pirog – MSU Center for Regional Food Systems\nRenee Wallace – Doers Consulting\n\nRegistration required
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/building-relationships-across-higher-education-institutions-to-address-racism-in-the-food-system/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210204T153000
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SUMMARY:The Economic Benefits of Dramatically Expanding Healthy Food Incentives
DESCRIPTION:For over a decade\, healthy food incentive programs have increased the purchasing power of low-income families to buy fruits and vegetables at grocery stores and farmers’ markets. Research has long demonstrated that these programs reduce hunger\, improve nutrition and support local agriculture and retail. What wasn’t understood until now is how large the economic impact could be if these programs were expanded statewide — or even nationwide. Learn about a powerful new study conducted by Colorado State University\, in partnership with SPUR\, Fair Food Network and 10 partners from around the country\, that models the economic return\, in revenue and jobs\, if policymakers supported a deep investment in scaling up these programs. \n+ Holly Parker / Fair Food Network\n+ Ronit Ridberg / UC Davis\n+ Dawn Thilmany / Colorado State University\n+ Allison Bauman / Colorado State University\n+ Eli Zigas / SPUR \nRegistration Required
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/the-economic-benefits-of-dramatically-expanding-healthy-food-incentives/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T150000
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SUMMARY:Agritourism Around the US - Findings from a National Survey
DESCRIPTION:Registration is required \nA multi-state team of extension specialists and researchers conducted  a national survey in 2019 of farms\, ranches\, and vineyards open to visitors for any reason\, including farm stands\, u-pick\, overnight stays\, tastings\, events\, community supported agriculture (CSA)\, tours\, hunting\, etc. Survey questions included products and experiences offered\, motivations\, challenges\, support systems\, profitability measures\, and plans for the future. We received 1834 responses representing all 50 states. \nDuring this webinar\, members of the team will share the survey findings with a focus on regional differences across the US. They’ll also address questions about the results and share ideas for translating the findings into Extension programming to support agritourism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. \nPresented by Lisa Chase\, Director of the Vermont Tourism Research Center and Extension Professor at the University of Vermont; Dee Singh-Knights is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist; and\, Penny Leff is Agritourism Coordinator with the University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. For more information about the speakers\, visit the National Extension Tourism website at: http://bit.ly/37qGjeG
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/agritourism-around-teh-us-findings-from-a-national-survey/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T130000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nick Copeland: Cooperative Extension and the Coming Transition
DESCRIPTION:Covid 19 has exacerbated structural inequalities and shone a spotlight on vulnerabilities endemic in food\, economic\, and community systems\, compounding growing concerns about environmental sustainability and racial justice. In this talk\, Dr. Copeland\, a cultural anthropologist\, will make the case for expanding on cooperative extension programs that are already responding to these interconnected crises to build more just and sustainable systems into the future. \nRegistration required
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/dr-nick-copeland-cooperative-extension-and-the-coming-transition/
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SUMMARY:Sankofa Webinar Series: Raging Storms with Shirley Sherrod
DESCRIPTION:Sankofa Series \nSankofa is a word from the Akan people of Ghana. It means “go back and fetch it” and reminds us of the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bring it into the present in order to ensure a strong future. The Sankofa Series is a monthly webinar series sharing the wisdom from past NESAWG conferences again and using it to help us move forward in creating meaningful change in the food system. \nShirley Sherrod is a Baker County Georgia native who grew up on her family’s farm. In March 1965\, her father was murdered by a white farmer who was not prosecuted. The tragic murder of her father when she was 17 years old\, had a profound impact on her life and led to her decision to stay in the south to work for change. \nShirley helped to start the civil rights movement in Baker County and later married Charles Sherrod\, one of the founding members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and leader of SNCC’s work in southwest Georgia. \nWith her husband and others\, she helped to form New Communities\, Inc.\, the first Community Land Trust in the United States. New Communities serves as a laboratory and model in the movement toward the development of community land trusts (CLTs) throughout the country. There are more than 200 CLTs today. \nShirley serves as the Executive Director of the Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education\, Inc.\, Vice President for Development for New Communities\, Inc. and State Lead for the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) \n 
URL:https://foodsystems.extension.org/event/sankofa-webinar-series-raging-storms-with-shirley-sherrod/
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