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Monday, November 16 | 10:00-11:30 am
Monday, November 16 | 10:00-11:30 am
This session explores two food systems topic areas from a health equity lens: How food system nonprofits can work with people with disabilities, and how nutrition education can be made stronger, and more relevant by adapting it to be culturally appropriate and place-based.
This session explores two food systems topic areas from a health equity lens: How food system nonprofits can work with people with disabilities, and how nutrition education can be made stronger, and more relevant by adapting it to be culturally appropriate and place-based.
Working with Disabled People as Agricultural Based Non-profits: Lessons from the Field
Working with Disabled People as Agricultural Based Non-profits: Lessons from the Field
Jared Talaga
Learn the best practices for working with disabled people at your non profit as employees, volunteers, and program participants from a person with a disability that has worked in this sector for the last decade. As someone who has spent their career working in local food systems, more specifically agricultural non-profits, I have learned how best these organizations can support people with disabilities, furthering the reach and inclusivity of the local food system. We will take a look across MI at organizations that are providing positive examples of this and some examples of where and what steps could be taken to strengthen an organization's inclusivity with disabled people. I sustained a Spinal Cord Injury in 2007 that left me a C6 Quadriplegic. I use a manual wheelchair, drive a modified minivan, and rely on Home Health Aides to remain independent in my community. I wanted to provide this info regarding my disability to show what context I will be speaking from on disability.
Culturally Based Nutrition Education and Health Equity
Culturally Based Nutrition Education and Health Equity
Michelle Schulte, MA - Project Director/Educator, Inter-Tribal Council of MI
Shiloh Maples, MSW - Food Systems Consultant, Shiloh Maples LLC
The 13 Moons of Anishinaabe Nutrition Education Curriculum is a primary example of how to tie several components of a community's heritage and food system together, while linking generations through culturally based learning. This curriculum supports opportunities for people to be healthy- physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually while increasing their awareness of locally grown indigenous foods and wisdom. Based on the cultural idea of food as medicine, the presenters hope to increase knowledge that celebrates cultural identity through food to increase collective well-being and in the long term encourage diversity in our local food system.
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