This post was contributed by Meredith Ledlie Johnson, the Community Nutrition Coordinator for the Food Security Project in Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family Nutrition Program. Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family Nutrition Program is proud to be a part of a new gardening …
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A Focus on Food Access
This post has been contributed by Sarah Misyak, a graduate student in the department of Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise at Virginia Tech. My career at Virginia Tech has been long and varied. I began with exercise and health promotion,…
A Reflection on Growing Power
This post has been contributed by Alexis Bressler, a former VISTA worker for PLENTY! and a graduate of the Virginia Tech Civic Agriculture and Food Systems Minor. Prior to going to Growing Power I purposefully did not do much research into…
Meet the Management Team: Project Associates
Nikki D’Adamo-Damery Virginia Tech Department of Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Appalachian Foodshed Project Deputy Director Nikki D’Adamo-Damery is the Deputy Project Director for the AFP and is housed within the Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise department at Virginia…
Improving Soil Health & Enhancing Food Security
“The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of it all.” – Wendell Berry Farmers are increasingly asked to not only provide high yields for growing populations, but also to ensure production of environmental services…
Meet the Management Team: Project Directors
This is the first in a series of posts to increase familiarity with and transparency of the AFP management team. These are the project directors behind the AFP. Susan Clark Virginia Tech Horticulture Department AFP Project Director; Community Food Assessment…
Community Food Security Toolkit: Community Food Summits
Solutions to complex problems require creativity, vision, and a deep understanding of the issues at hand. Communities and organizations are using food summits as a way to bring a diversity of voices together to learn more about food security, to…