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Minnesota Food and Nutrition Network
Events
Members of MFNN come together quarterly to network, share best practices, and update each other on the latest research. Mark your calendar for the next meeting and browse the presentations from past meetings.
Upcoming Meetings
We meet quarterly on the St. Paul campus. Meetings usually take place the morning of the fourth or fifth Wednesday of the month. Our upcoming meetings will be:
- April 24, 2013 — Information on the time, location, and speakers coming soon
- July 24, 2013
- October 23, 2013
Past Meetings
January 2013
- Read the full Meeting Agenda (333 K PDF)
- Guest presentations:
- Using Child Care Policy to Promote Healthy Children presented by Natasha Frost, J.D. and Susie Nanney PhD, MPH, RDÂ
- Using Child Care Policy to Promote Healthy Children — UM Connect Recording
- Child Care Presentation — PowerPoint Presentation (3.33 MB PDF)
- Nanney Child Care Policy — handout (248 K PDF)
- Nanney Provider — handout (2.1 MB PDF)
- PHLC Resource Flyer — handout (325 K PDF)
- Using Child Care Policy to Promote Healthy Children presented by Natasha Frost, J.D. and Susie Nanney PhD, MPH, RDÂ
- Guest presentations:
- Simply Good Cooking: Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity through Hands-on Cooking presented by Sara Van Offelen and Jill May
- Simply Good Cooking — UM Connect Recording
- Oats Granola Recipe — handout (306 K PDF)
- Ready, Set, Cook Newsletter — handout (215 K PDF)
- Flow of Lesson — handout (132 K PDF)
- Simply Good Cooking: Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity through Hands-on Cooking presented by Sara Van Offelen and Jill May
October 2012
- Read the full Meeting Agenda (270 K PDF)
- MFNN FY2012 subcontractor presentations:
- Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative (221 K PDF)
- Community Design Center (802 K PDF)
- Emergency Foodshelf Network (743 K PDF)
- Hennepin County Public Health Promotion (455 K PDF)
- Community Transformation for Healthy Eating (503 K PDF) — This handout outlines the efforts of the Minnesota Department of Health and multiple partners to improve the statewide and regional systems that impact healthy eating.
July 2012
- Meeting Minutes (187 K PDF)
- Karen History, Culture, and Food Habits (2.1 MB PDF) — Yo Ha, Community Nutrition Educator with University of Minnesota Extension, presents on the Karen people.
- Behavioral Economic Strategies in the School Cafeteria to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Consumption (2.6 MB PDF) — Professor Marla Reick, Professor and Extension Specialist, presents on results from recent study.
For more information or to join MFNN's electronic emailing list, contact Houa Vue, Program Director (612-626-4396; vuex0067@umn.edu).
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