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May 16, 2024
Trainings focus on assessment, demographics
Upcoming Minnesota Health Equity Networks trainings focus on the Minnesota Statewide Health Assessment and Minnesota demographics.
Attendees will learn how to use the newly released Minnesota Statewide Health Assessment and how health equity is elevated throughout. Presenters will share lessons learned that you could apply to your own work and how you can get involved in the Partnership's next step: setting statewide health priorities and developing the statewide health improvement framework.
Have you ever wished you knew more about Minnesota's demographics and how to access the data you need? Minnesota State Demographer Susan Brower will help attendees understand Minnesota's demographic trends and how demographic shifts bring about new social and economic realities. Brower will explain how to access the data you need for grant applications, presentations, and reports to better explain and illustrate the population intersections affecting your communities.
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Some SHIP-relevant highlights include...
Monthly SuperShelf Orientation information
The SuperShelfteam will be hosting a monthly virtual Supershelf Orientation for new and existing Supershelves. The sessions will be hosted the third Tuesday of each month, 10-11 a.m. This is a great opportunity to get new and current volunteers up to date on the process of Supershelf and allow them the opportunity to ask questions.
May office hours: Merchandising (May 23rd)
Merchandising in SuperShelf includes arranging products to give a sense of abundance, to give visual appeal, and to highlight healthy choices. We will share examples from food shelves. Please join us and share your tips too. Office hours are held on the last Thursday of each month, 11 a.m.—12 p.m. (using the same link but rotating topics each month).
The First Nations Development Institute published Native Nutrition Policy: Historical Context, Barriers and Solutions, and Recommendations for Advocacy and Policymakers. The comprehensive report provides historical context on how food policy has shaped Native Nutrition and can support those who want to learn how to support Native members in their communities.
E-bikes and Sustainable Transportation webinar now on-demand
The latest E-bikes and Sustainable Transportation webinar can be viewed on demand on YouTube.
E-bikes and Sustainable Transportation features speaker Noah Hansen, manager of Anoka County Commute Solutions. In the webinar, Hansen shares information about the different types of e-bikes on the market, along with frank thoughts about how to plan your purchase, storage, insurance, maintenance, and more.
Join one of two virtual public input sessions
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Education and other partners, is hosting two public input sessions to discuss the future of Farm to School and Early Care efforts in Minnesota.
All members of the public are welcome to participate, including farmers, school nutrition professionals, early care providers, food system partners, and educators. Participants will be asked to provide input on strategies for expanding initiatives likes school and early care food purchasing from Minnesota producers, food and agriculture education, school gardens, and effective cross-sector collaboration.
The two input sessions will be held using Microsoft Teams and registration is requested:
Ideas and feedback collected from these sessions will be used to help build out and refine Minnesota’s first-ever Farm to Kids Strategic Plan for increasing local food purchasing as well as food and ag education efforts over the next three to five years in schools and early care settings across the state. Once developed, the strategic plan will be implemented collaboratively by state agencies and organizations that are members of the Minnesota Farm to School Leadership Team and Minnesota Farm to Early Care Advisory Group.
Development of Minnesota’s Farm to Kids Strategic Plan is supported by a USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant received by the MDA. The MDA and its partners plan to announce the final strategic plan in October 2024, in celebration of Farm to School and Early Care Month.
For more information about Minnesota Farm to Kids Strategic Plan, visit the Minnesota Farm to School website.
A new webinar on Tuesday, May 21 at 2 p.m., will detail flexible and highly accessible federal funding that can be used to advance Safe Routes to School. Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) funding can be used for not only developing Safe Routes to School plans to supplement comprehensive safety action plans, but can also be used for engagement, encouragement, and education programs.
The application is a low lift and all eligible applicants in the past two years have been funded. Register for the webinar and learn creative and exciting ways to use this fund will be highlighted, including how to access the funding without cash match and steps for applying for SS4A funds.
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