WHAT: Food Security – Does eating local improve resilience?
WHEN: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 12 p.m.

DESCRIPTION: Despite the strong tradition of agriculture in Vermont, much of the food we eat is sourced from outside of our state. How does our dependence on these outside sources impact food security in Vermont? What strategies can we use to fill more Vermonters' plates with Vermont-grown food?

PANELISTS:
Theresa Snow, Executive Director, Salvation Farms
Kristyn Dumont Achilich, Director of the Center for the Environment & Farm Program, Saint Michael's College
John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank

MODERATORS:
Kaitlin Thomas, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Norwich University
Simon Pearish, Assistant Professor of Biology, Norwich University

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