Food & Agriculture
Courses tagged with "Food & Agriculture"
This webinar explores how our food systems shape both human and planetary health—and the role nurses can play in leading change. Featuring speaker Christina Vollbrecht MA, MS, RDN, Community Culinary Dietitian at Boston Medical Center, this webinar examines the connections between nutrition, environmental sustainability, and public health through topics such as the One Health approach, the parallels between soil and gut microbiomes, and the environmental impact of food production. Our speaker highlights practical, culturally sensitive strategies for promoting environmentally responsible nutrition, advocating for sustainable food sourcing, and strengthening local food system resilience.
Toxic chemicals in plastics have been linked to cancers, damage to the immune and reproductive systems, impaired intellectual functions, developmental delays, and other serious health conditions. With more than 4,200 of these chemicals being identified as substances of concern, plastic additives and substances in food packaging and the capacity of chemical additives to migrate into food and drinks is a growing concern. This webinar will also discuss opportunities for nursing action at the federal level and, if applicable, the state level.
This presentation describes the work of "Keep Antibiotics Working," a national coalition that works to ensure that untreatable super bugs resulting from overuse of antibiotics on farms do not reverse the medical advances of the past century. Presenters teach about the issue of resistant super bugs, use of antibiotics on farms, and describe past and future policy work.
This webinar discusses the importance of pesticide elimination and advancement of organic agriculture and land management for public health and human health. Max Sano will provide updates on the latest developments Beyond Pesticides has tracked in terms of Appropriations and Farm Bill developments, including attempts from chemical corporations to strip a legal right and protections away from cancer victims and permit them to hide behind weak product labels based on previous human health risk assessments and carcinogenicity classifications (a.k.a. failure-to-warn and pesticide preemption).
This webinar is part 3 of the series Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action, developed through a collaboration between the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Nursing - Climate Resources for Health Education, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment, and Climate Action Nurses. This presentation discusses the impacts of climate change on water and food security. Participants will examine threats such as poor water management, drought, and contamination, as well as their effects on human health. Solutions for addressing these challenges and promoting regional water conservation are also explored.
This session examines the interconnections between a changing climate, food systems, and health equity, emphasizing how environmental changes influence food production and access to nutritious foods for patients. Learners will explore how nurses can apply a sustainable lens in assessing and planning for patients’ nutritional needs, integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations into care. Through critical reflection, learners will also consider practical strategies for reducing food waste within clinical settings, reinforcing nursing’s role in promoting both individual and planetary health.
This webinar will provide a synopsis of the evidence-based health justifications for plant-based diets and discuss the role nurses and nursing organizations can play in moving a plant-forward agenda in all communities.
This webinar will introduce organic farming, provide a synopsis of the science demonstrating how organic protects public health and decreases health inequities, and propose next steps to use organic as a public health tool.
Across the country, and here in California, health care providers and payers are beginning to refer patients to food interventions, and sometimes even pay for them. Ceres Community Project is on the forefront of this movement and has developed an integrated community based model that fosters healthy connections to food. And as the only 100% organic medically tailored meal provider, they are advocating for food quality standards in the food as medicine movement.
This webinar provides information on initiatives and strategies nurses can implement to create a healthier food environment in their health care facility and build knowledge about the connections between food systems, environmental health and public health.
In this seminar, our guest is Renee Joy Dufault, who authored a book about FDA standards and safe food. She explains many of the most significant health problems with modern food, including the presence of Chlorine and Benzoyl Peroxide in flour and the chemicals of artificial coloring. She cites several references of support in health literature. To combat these problems, she calls for an "aggressive nutrition education program."
This talk reviews recent research examining the association between food insecurity and health as well as food insecurity and healthcare costs. Then, we review literature demonstrating that the provision of food is associated improved health outcomes and decreased healthcare costs. Finally, we discuss how this translates into the real world and the body of work happening at the intersection of health and food, including the "food as medicine."
Renata Brillinger shares her expertise sustainable agriculture and renewable energy to address the effects of climate change from intensified farming practices. She shares implications from the current policies from the energy sector and what is being proposed to generate adoption of regenerative farming principles in California.
This presentation explores modern, sustainable agriculture, implications on human health, and strategies to improve health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations as it relates to agriculture.
Understanding the toxic effects of pesticides and the regulatory review process is important in the context of pesticide use and response to adverse effects. This workshop provides an overview of the hazards of pesticides and the risk assessment process used by regulators, and the impact on vulnerable population groups, such as children.
This program will introduce the audience to a wide range of human and ecological health issues that are associated with the production, distribution and consumption of food. Included will be information on where to find the scientific evidence and current policy issues. The topics we will be covering are: current trends in agriculture (both sustainable smaller scale and large scale monocultures and large scale meat production); soil, seeds and pollinators; pesticides; food as medicine; GMOS; non-therapeutic antibiotic use in meat production; food-borne illnesses/food safety; government's role in food security; and our "Right to Know - what gets disclosed and what does not by the food industry.
This webinar will present the latest evidence on environmental exposures to pesticides during early childhood and the child health impacts on growth and development. Also, the effects of oil and gas extraction will be reviewed and the maternal child health risks during vulnerable periods of growth. The important role of nurses in advocating for healthy environments for children and families will be included.
The first installment of our Nurses Drawdown series focuses on the intersection of food and climate. Bad agricultural practices are known to worsen climate change, and this will be one major focus of the seminar. Conversely, we also demonstrate that plant based eating can help stave off chronic disease. This seminar identifies initiatives to move towards more plant based diets and carbon footprint reduction in nutrition services. New York University provides illustrative examples.
This workshop series covers very basic information that all nurses should know about the food system, the benefits of plant-based diets, the problem of food insecurity in the US, and how to bring healthier and more sustainable foods to our institutions (schools, hospitals, universities). It also covers very basic drinking water policies and a quick survey of policies that will help to create a healthier food and agriculture system.
This workshop series covers very basic information that all nurses should know about the food system, the benefits of plant-based diets, the problem of food insecurity in the US, and how to bring healthier and more sustainable foods to our institutions (schools, hospitals, universities). It also covers very basic drinking water policies and a quick survey of policies that will help to create a healthier food and agriculture system.