Building our table: Making food more Affordable, Accessible, and Available in NJ through Local Food Policy Councils

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This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the food policy council approach to collaboratively addressing a wide range of food, ag, and health issues in communities. Raychel Santos from Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future, Food Policy Network, will be presenting, in addition to representatives from NJ food policy councils.  There will also be time for networking by food system "sector" and New Jersey region.

This event will include a wide range of NJ food system stakeholders from producers/growers, retail and food access folks, to those working on food security, food waste and recovery, environmental and sustainability issues, as well as labor, food justice, policy, and social determinants of health.

A broad coalition of leading New Jersey food system partners are hosting this event including NJ SNAP-Ed, NJ Food Democracy Council, Rutgers Extension, United Way of Passaic County, Passaic County Food Policy Council, The Food Trust, Montclair University, Stockton University, NJ Healthy Kids Initiative, and Food Policy Networks.