Unveiling of the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee will take place on February 23, 2007 from 8:00 a.m-10:00 a.m., Country Music Hall of Fame
Nashville, TN- The public unveiling of the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee will take place on February 23, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville.
The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee was founded in August 2006 with support from the LifeWorks Foundation and the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies with the aim of bringing people together to create and sustain a secure and healthy food system for Middle Tennessee, from production to consumption.
There are more than forty Food Security Partners representing all parts of the food system, from farm to fork, including farmers, community gardeners, food processors, food distributors, farmers’ markets, grocery stores, food banks, food advocates, nutrition and health experts, schools and universities, government, faith-based groups, volunteer groups, neighborhoods, and concerned individuals.
The Partners, while a diverse group, all have the same goal: to create food security for Middle Tennessee. Food security is a condition in which all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes community self-reliance and social justice.
The Food Security Partners will work together to generate solutions based on the following ideas:
· High quality produce, especially food grown in Tennessee, is the foundation upon which our current obesity epidemic can be confronted.
· Ending hunger and promoting health is dependent upon making linkages between areas in need with areas of excess.
· Long-term sustainable food security occurs when people and communities have the capacity to provide for their food needs.
The event on February 23rd will serve as a platform to highlight the strengths of Middle Tennessee’s current food system as well as areas for improvement. Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville, and Ken Givens, Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture, will provide supportive remarks. Mark Winne, co-founder of the national Community Food Security Coalition, will be the keynote speaker at this event. In addition, a panel of local food security advocates will be speaking.
For more information on the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee, fellow stakeholders, or the event at the Country Music Hall of Fame, please contact Founding Director, Darcy Freedman.
Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee
List of Founding Partners and Members
February 15, 2007
ACTS Incorporated
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
Blue Moon Farm
Bordeaux Northwest Family Resource Center
Cayce Family Resource Center
EarthMatters Tennessee
Eaton’s Creek Organics
Edgehill Family Resource Center, Youth Advisory Council
Feed America First
Good Food for Good People at the Truth and Reconciliation Project
Hands On Nashville
Jeff Themm
Journey to Bliss Raw Foods
Kate Payne & Scott Weiss
Kids to the Country
Mamushi Nature Farm
Mary Campbell
MANNA
Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods
McPherson Consulting Group, LLC
Metro Parks and Recreation, Warner Park Nature Center
Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville Farmers’ Market
Patricia Conway
Patricia & George Bullard
Presbytery of Middle Tennessee Hunger Program
Reverend Thomas Henderson
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Sheila deBettencourt & Del Ketcham
Sue T. Amos
Susannah Shumate & Brent Gass
Tennessee Conference of the United Methodist Church
Tennessee State University, Cooperative Extension Program
Tennessee State University, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
The Land Trust for Tennessee
Twin Forks Farm
University School Of Nashville
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Vanderbilt University, Center for Health Services
Vanderbilt University, Program in Community Research and Action
Darcy Freedman, MPH
Founding Director
Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Phone: 615-322-5638 (work) 615-579-0783 (cell)
Fax: 615-322-8081
Email: darcy.a.freedman@vanderbilt.edu
The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee was founded in August 2006 with support from the LifeWorks Foundation and the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies with the aim of bringing people together to create and sustain a secure and healthy food system for Middle Tennessee, from production to consumption.
There are more than forty Food Security Partners representing all parts of the food system, from farm to fork, including farmers, community gardeners, food processors, food distributors, farmers’ markets, grocery stores, food banks, food advocates, nutrition and health experts, schools and universities, government, faith-based groups, volunteer groups, neighborhoods, and concerned individuals.
The Partners, while a diverse group, all have the same goal: to create food security for Middle Tennessee. Food security is a condition in which all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes community self-reliance and social justice.
The Food Security Partners will work together to generate solutions based on the following ideas:
· High quality produce, especially food grown in Tennessee, is the foundation upon which our current obesity epidemic can be confronted.
· Ending hunger and promoting health is dependent upon making linkages between areas in need with areas of excess.
· Long-term sustainable food security occurs when people and communities have the capacity to provide for their food needs.
The event on February 23rd will serve as a platform to highlight the strengths of Middle Tennessee’s current food system as well as areas for improvement. Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville, and Ken Givens, Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture, will provide supportive remarks. Mark Winne, co-founder of the national Community Food Security Coalition, will be the keynote speaker at this event. In addition, a panel of local food security advocates will be speaking.
For more information on the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee, fellow stakeholders, or the event at the Country Music Hall of Fame, please contact Founding Director, Darcy Freedman.
Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee
List of Founding Partners and Members
February 15, 2007
ACTS Incorporated
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
Blue Moon Farm
Bordeaux Northwest Family Resource Center
Cayce Family Resource Center
EarthMatters Tennessee
Eaton’s Creek Organics
Edgehill Family Resource Center, Youth Advisory Council
Feed America First
Good Food for Good People at the Truth and Reconciliation Project
Hands On Nashville
Jeff Themm
Journey to Bliss Raw Foods
Kate Payne & Scott Weiss
Kids to the Country
Mamushi Nature Farm
Mary Campbell
MANNA
Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods
McPherson Consulting Group, LLC
Metro Parks and Recreation, Warner Park Nature Center
Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville Farmers’ Market
Patricia Conway
Patricia & George Bullard
Presbytery of Middle Tennessee Hunger Program
Reverend Thomas Henderson
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Sheila deBettencourt & Del Ketcham
Sue T. Amos
Susannah Shumate & Brent Gass
Tennessee Conference of the United Methodist Church
Tennessee State University, Cooperative Extension Program
Tennessee State University, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research
The Land Trust for Tennessee
Twin Forks Farm
University School Of Nashville
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Vanderbilt University, Center for Health Services
Vanderbilt University, Program in Community Research and Action
Darcy Freedman, MPH
Founding Director
Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
Phone: 615-322-5638 (work) 615-579-0783 (cell)
Fax: 615-322-8081
Email: darcy.a.freedman@vanderbilt.edu
