REAL Talks (Reaching for Equity in All Lives)
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Faces of the Network Podcast #4: Noel Bielaczyc, Value Chain Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems
Published on June 28, 2022
Hosted by Farm to Institution Data Manager Zaire Parrotte, the Faces of the Network Podcast is a space to hear stories from Michigan champions, partners, and supporters who are leading the way in supplying, sourcing, and serving Michigan food, from the farm to the institution. In this fourth episode, we meet Noel Bielaczyc, Value Chain Specialist at the Center for Regional Food Systems. -
Faces of the Network Podcast #3: Mariel Borgman, Community Food Systems Educator, MSU Extension
Published on June 27, 2022
Hosted by Farm to Institution Data Manager Zaire Parrotte, the Faces of the Network Podcast is a space to hear stories from Michigan champions, partners, and supporters who are leading the way in supplying, sourcing, and serving Michigan food, from the farm to the institution. In this third episode, we meet Mariel Borgman, Community Food Systems Educator for Michigan State University Extension. -
Faces of the Network Podcast #2: Abbey Palmer, Community Food Systems Educator, MSU Extension
Published on June 26, 2022
Hosted by Farm to Institution Data Manager Zaire Parrotte, the Faces of the Network Podcast is a space to hear stories from Michigan champions, partners, and supporters who are leading the way in supplying, sourcing, and serving Michigan food, from the farm to the institution. This series is brought to you by the Michigan Farm to Institution Network. In this second episode, we meet Abbey Palmer, Community Food Systems Educator for Michigan State University Extension. -
Faces of the Network Podcast #1: Megan McManus, Farm to Institution Fellow, Center for Regional Food Systems
Published on June 25, 2022
Hosted by Farm to Institution Data Manager Zaire Parrotte, the Faces of the Network Podcast is a space to hear stories from Michigan champions, partners, and supporters who are leading the way in supplying, sourcing, and serving Michigan food, from the farm to the institution. This podcast is brought to you by the Michigan Farm to Institution Network. In this first episode, we meet Megan McManus, Farm to Institution Fellow at the Center for Regional Food Systems. -
REAL Talks Episode 6 - Internal and External Engagement with DEI: A Conversation with The Food Trust
Published on May 31, 2022
In episode 6, our guests from The Food Trust share how they engage in the practice of DEI within their own organization, and with the external communities they partner with. -
REAL Talks Episode 5 - Intentionality in the DEI Process: A Conversation with Farmers Market Coalition
Published on May 16, 2022
For episode 5 of REAL Talks, we talked with Farmers Market Coalition, a core partner of the Nutrition Incentive Hub providing farm direct technical assistance to nutrition incentive grantees and practitioners. -
REAL Talks Episode 4 - Finding Success in the Coalition DEI Journey: Part 3 of Our Conversation with Double Up Heartland
Published on April 20, 2022
In our third and final conversation with Double Up Heartland, our guests answer the question, "What are some successes that you've experienced through the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) process?" -
REAL Talks Episode 3 - Managing Tensions in the Coalition DEI Journey: Part 2 of Our Conversation with Double Up Heartland
Published on April 19, 2022
During the last episode of REAL Talks, we introduced Double Up Heartland. They've put together a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) committee, and we've been talking with three individuals from that committee who represent one third of the coalition's member organizations. -
REAL Talks Episode 2 - Starting the DEI Journey as a Coalition: Part 1 of Our Conversation with Double Up Heartland
Published on April 6, 2022
In episode 2, we get into our first interview of REAL Talks, where we talk with Double Up Heartland, a coalition of six partner organizations implementing Double Up Food Bucks, a nutrition incentive program at grocery stores, farmers markets, farm stands, and mobile markets in Kansas and Missouri. -
REAL Talks Episode 1 - Welcome to REAL Talks! (Reaching for Equity in All Lives)
Published on April 5, 2022
Welcome to episode 1 of REAL Talks (Reaching for Equity in All Lives)! The purpose of this podcast series is to explore the question: what does diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, look like within the nutrition incentive community?