Founder & Resident Champion at Fair Food Network, Author, Professor, Organic Farmer
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined April 2009
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I have exciting news to share. In January 2023, I will step down as @fairfoodnetwork's CEO and will take on a new role as Founder & Resident Champion. Our ED & COO Kate Krauss will step in as our next CEO. Here's more about our next chapter: fairfoodnetwork.org/meeting-…
Honored to receive the 2023 #JeanMayerPrize from @TuftsNutrition. Congrats to my fellow awardees @DrBleich, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi (@FAO), and Dr. Robert Bertram (@USAID). nutrition.tufts.edu/jean-may…
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The @WhiteHouse Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health has been an incredible day of connection & inspiration. I look forward to turning today’s discussions into action as we work to improve #nutritionsecurity. #WHConfHungerHealth
Thank you @SenStabenow for recognizing @FairFoodNetwork's #DoubleUpFoodBucks at #WHConfHungerHealth and for your many years of support and leadership to improve healthy food access in our great state of Michigan.
I'm honored to join the @WhiteHouse Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health next week. This is a great opportunity to come together, discuss food and nutrition security, and support ways to make food an accessible, affordable choice for all. #WHConfHungerHealth
I sat down with @ashley_detroit at @JewishNewsDet to discuss how we can repair the world through food. I look forward to seeing @FairFoodNetwork continue growing community health & wealth through food under the leadership of incoming CEO Kate Krauss. thejewishnews.com/2022/07/19…
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Study reinforces importance of measures to protect elderly, such as social distancing & vaccinations, even if they've already been diagnosed with #COVID19. Those 65 and older are more prone to reinfection, researchers find. Learn more in our roundup.
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Remember w/ heart #GusSchumacher & colleagues @michelnischan @Ohesterman @RichardSlowFood at dawn of #nutritionincentives.
Agreed! @SenStabenow support has moved this work forward, faster nationwide. xitter.gq/FairFoodNetwork/status…
Great to share story of #SNAP incentives w/ our incredible partner @JCAFarmGirl of @MichDeptofAg!#NASDA2017
Want to fix healthcare? Focus on Food theconversation.com/want-to-…. Couldn't agree more!
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Double Up Food Bucks is growing in Michigan thanks to new federal, state, & philanthropic support. @FairFoodNetwork ow.ly/hg3d30eGoSn
Beyond capital gap nailed by @lisaelaineh in @CivilEats is need for biz assistance. See how we're doing both w/ fairfoodnetwork.org/projects…
SNAP and Double Up help lift a young mother out of poverty mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/… That's a program that is working!
Thank you @AmerMedicalAssn for supporting SNAP incentives like Double Up Food Bucks!
Food environment is main driver of global obesity increase @nytimes nytimes.com/2017/06/12/healt…. Let's change the food environment!
Many ways to shift the ag and food landacape. Here's one I love xitter.gq/fairfoodnetwork/status…
Double down on food security by doubling up SNAP for produce, says @wrobertsfood voicesmotherearth.blogspot.c…. Can't agree more.
12 of the top 20 solutions to climate are about food and land use. @PaulHawken is right - do the math! xitter.gq/CivilEats/status/87171…
A new book from @PaulHawken explains why we should change the way we eat and farm to reverse climate change buff.ly/2rKorqW