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The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Food Forum and Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine convened a public workshop on May 7-8, 2013, to engender dialogue between experts in nutrition and experts in agriculture and natural resource sustainability and to explore current and emerging knowledge on the food and nutrition policy implications of the increasing environmental constraints on the food system.
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• To engender dialogue -- between stakeholders who are concerned about environmental sustainability and natural resource use and those concerned about the nutritional value of the food supply and dietary guidance policy -- that will advance the discussion of dietary guidance and environmental sustainability in the United States. ROADMAP FOR THIS REPORT The organization of this report is parallel to the organization of the workshop (see Appendix B for the workshop agenda)
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Merrigan identified local and regional agriculture as a place where the nutrition and sustainable agriculture agendas converge and where the two "silo" communities could be brought together in a way that builds a powerful coalition for change. In Merrigan's opinion, USDA has done a great job translating the dietary guidelines into a more usable form, with the MyPlate graphic sending a single leading message: half a plate of fruits and vegetables.
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• Much of the discussion of the environmental impacts of diet focused on meat, with many workshop participants agreeing that meat has a significantly greater environmental impact than other food groups. Some participants provided quantitative estimates of GHG emissions and other environmental outcomes associated with meat consumption and how those outcomes would change if Americans were to eat less meat.
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First are Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) programs at farmers' markets; many farmers want EBT availability so that they can accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; and senior market coupon benefits.
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a way to simultaneously address food access issues and farmer economic viability issues. Merrigan described the efforts as "successful," with both farmers' markets and nutrition benefit redemptions skyrocketing.
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Merrigan suspects that strengthening the links between food banks and food hubs would result in a sizeable increase in farm donations to food banks. She said, "That's the kind of innovation I think we need when we're talking about the Venn diagram and bringing these communities together." Finally, Merrigan observed plentiful opportunity in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)
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Although Merrigan was unsure how such a program would be scaled up at either the domestic or global level, she said, "against all the onslaught of convenience and processed food, healthy food -- good eating -- needs a cheerleader." Keynote speaker Kathleen Merrigan identified local and regional agri culture as a place where the siloed nutrition and sustainable agricul ture communities could come together to build a powerful coalition for change.
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Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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