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The Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being

Cooperative Extension’s Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being is a community of Extension personnel and their partners united by their shared commitment to advancing health equity and well-being. Members work together to support the implementation of Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity and Well-Being (2021) to ensure that all people can be as healthy as they can be.

Reimagined in America - Advancing Food Justice

 

Deep-rooted structural racism, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, have exacerbated inequities within our food system. Millions more people—mostly Black and Latino families—have gone hungry in the past year while high obesity rates put many at risk for severe  COVID-19 complications. Grocery store clerks, meat packing plant staff, and farm workers making low wages have struggled financially while risking their health to feed our country.

We need a more sustainable and resilient food system that advances health, racial and economic equity—one where people have control over what they eat, where it's from, and how it's grown.

From Brazil to Malawi, communities around the world are building better food systems that are rooted in equity and aim to prevent hunger, improve health and well-being for all, and protect our planet.

What can you learn from these countries as you work to improve health in your community?

Join us on March 5, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. ET for our webinar Reimagined in America: Advancing Food Justice to hear:

  • What's needed to create a more equitable and sustainable food system
  • How communities around the world are fostering food sovereignty
  • What steps U.S. communities can take to transform their food systems

To register, visit: https://www.rwjf.org/en/librar...K&et_cid=2381813

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