Title: The APHA Food and Environment Working Group Wants YOU!
Author:
Rebecca Klein, APHA Food and Environment Working Group, rklein@jhsph.edu
Section/SPIG: Food and Nutrition
Issue Date:
The APHA Food and Environment Working Group is gearing up for an exciting year of events, Annual Meeting session planning, and advocacy. The Working Group is a multi-disciplinary collaboration across several APHA sections. Colleagues work together to protect public health by promoting and cultivating a safe, healthy, just and sustainable food system.Are you looking for leadership experience? Several of our sub-committees still need leaders. It’s a great opportunity to network with colleagues and develop your leadership skills! Contact Rebecca Klein about leadership opportunities, join a committee, or learn more.
- Long-term planning: Serves as an advisory committee for the Working Group, guides the group's vision. Facilitates fundraising and outreach efforts for the group.
- Policy: Works on food and farm policy issues, helping to educate the public health community about the connections between agriculture/food policy and health.
- Sustainable water/food use: Works to "green" food and water served at APHA events; provides information to members about the importance of sustainable food and water.
- D.C.-Area food system tour: Each year the Saturday before the Annual Meeting, we host a tour of innovative food system projects. This is a well-attended and popular event.
- Networking: Plans our Working Group's main event at the APHA Annual Meeting. It is lots of fun and the primary opportunity for meeting attendees interested in food systems to network with each other and for our group to build its membership and share our accomplishments.