Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean joined local nutrition partner @HoustonISD for a stakeholder roundtable discussion. The talk focused on “beyond the plate,” which seeks to increase capability and capacity within communities to ensure they have access to healthy food choices.
When we invest in the quality and health of school meals we're building positive outcomes for students, families, faculty, and communities across the nation.
In an effort to keep kids healthy and help them reach their full potential, Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean joined local nutrition partners @HISDNutrition, @HoustonISD + more for a stakeholder roundtable on “beyond the plate".
Folks in Houston know him as Mickey & he FOUGHT for the people of the world that were underserved relating to food & healthcare. #HoustonISD#GetGrowingHouston#FifthWardTx
We're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by highlighting Black Americans that influenced FNS history. This week, we're shining the spotlight on Representative George Thomas Leland, who was a strong advocate for federal nutrition programs. Learn more https://t.co/YjhLADzWiE
#FoodForThought
While @WorldFoodPrize
the point about better #nutrition , how do we hae better nutritional outcomes if there is a quid pro quo among food processors and the organizations that influence #food#policy? https://t.co/iN4ugFpeKS
You can have an African live in any part of the world, but you cannot take Africa from within an African. Regardless of how successful we are, Africa is our continent of birth, our source, root, identity, and pride. Development of Africa must be priority for Africans everywhere.
"The permitting process and the resulting lack of access to Indigenous foods is rooted in the colonial practice of separating Indigenous people from their food, but it is not irreparable," writes Jayden Lim for @GlobalAgDev. https://t.co/TT0kdLErYO
"The legacy of the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans reverberates to this day, scarring our societies & impeding equitable development."
- @antonioguterres
On Friday's Abolition of Slavery Day, we must fight against modern slavery in all its forms. https://t.co/w0y1uW4RYy
The Global Child #Nutrition Foundation has published its 2nd Global Survey📄of School Meal Programs, which gives insights into strengthening the work of the global #schoolmeal network, covering 139 countries🌍 of which 125 had large-scale school feeding
🔗https://t.co/eYO631vNPF
Women are at the heart of #FeedtheFuture's work to #EndHunger, poverty & malnutrition. @USAID's Shawn Baker sits down with @SUDFMsenradio to share how our work in Senegal to strengthen women's decision-making power has improved children's nutrition: https://t.co/jYvKXuxIUa
📸Chayabou is one of hundreds of farmers in #Niger boosting his harvests with half-moon farming.
Agricultural productivity has increased 🌱 up to 3 times, and in Chayabou's hometown of Rafa, child malnutrition has nearly been eliminated.💪