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Monday, October 26 | 10:00-11:30 am
Monday, October 26 | 10:00-11:30 am
Join Danielle Todd, Renee V. Wallace and Darraugh Collins as they share their insights and efforts to reduce and manage food waste in the City of Detroit. How can their work inform statewide or other regional efforts? Then, Carolyn Koch and Jeremy Waechter provide an overview of the Eat Safe Fish program and how MDHHS has taken a unique approach to community outreach as way to improve access to important health information while preserving the cultural and nutritional value of fishing in Michigan.
Designing Waste Out of the Food System
Designing Waste Out of the Food System
Danielle Todd - Director, Make Food Not Waste
Renee V. Wallace - Executive Director, FoodPLUS Detroit
Darraugh Collins - Site Director (Detroit), Food Rescue US
Food loss and waste occurs across the food system, resulting in roughly 40% of our food ending up in landfills. Landfilling food leads to such drastic changes in our atmosphere that “food waste reduction” is considered to be the number one solution to climate change by leading climate research group, Project Drawdown. In this panel conversation, you’ll learn how groups across Michigan and the U.S. are creating innovative ways to prevent, recover and recycle food in order to keep it out of landfills and where the opportunities remain. You will also come away with a greater understanding of how you can personally and easily make a positive impact on wasted food.
Eat Safe Fish Detroit
Eat Safe Fish Detroit
Carolyn Koch - Community Engagement Coordinator - Health Educator, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Jeremy Waechter - Detroit Community Outreach Coordinator, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Fishing provides a local low-cost to free source of lean protein for many anglers and their families. However, environmental contamination has long been a problem in our local lakes and river that support this resource on which communities depend. Some types of locally caught fish have higher levels of harmful chemicals such as mercury, PCBs, PFOS, and dioxins that have been linked to chronic diseases. Staff from the Eat Safe Fish at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will share results of a biomonitoring study that measured levels of chemicals found in area anglers who eat fish from the Detroit River. The program evaluates levels of chemicals in Michigan caught fish, issues the Michigan Fish Consumption Guidelines, and provides education and information about chemicals in locally caught and store-bought fish. The program works to expand community partnerships and collaborations to reduce exposure and risks of developing adverse health effects from eating fish.
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