Several Food Trust staff attended the PANEN (Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network) Conference last week in Bethlehem, Pa. PA NEN’s annual conference brings together nutrition educators, administrators, policy-makers, and food security advocates to share best practices, lessons learned, and emerging interventions in public health and nutrition. The organization’s goal is to enhance nutrition programming and implementation in Pennsylvania through presentations, networking, and collaboration.

During the pre-conference, Dr. Jennifer Ward spoke of how social stigma intersects with gender, race, age and weight status to perpetuate food inequities in diet quality and food insecurity within impoverished communities.

PA Farm to School Network Manager, Lauren Rosse, and active member, Jessica Weller, kicked off the first day with a stellar presentation entitled “Expanding Farm to School Success Through Remote SNAP-Ed Programming.” They highlighted The Food Trust’s unique train-the-trainer approach to farm to school programming, as well as the significant reach of the PA Farm to School Network.

Additionally sessions included a PA Beef to School panel, advocacy updates, and more!

For more information, visit panen.org/conference.