NCompass Live: Feeding America  Gardens, Seed Exchanges, Summer Meals, and More!
Channel: Nebraska Library Commission
Date: 06/11/2019

Recorded on November 6, 2019
NCompass Live - http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/

Three-quarters of the counties with the highest rates of food insecurity are in rural areas. This session will cover how public libraries feed America: 1) Distributing food at the library, 2) Teaching and supporting gardening, 3) Teaching how to prepare healthy food, and 4) Offering the library’s support to food programs (e.g. Farmers Markets). We will then go over how you can use the resources of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including its Cooperative Extension, Summer Food Service, 4-H, and Master Gardener programs. We will conclude with interactive discussion on how you can start feeding America at your library.

Presenter: Noah Lenstra, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina Greensboro and Director of Let's Move in Libraries