Education is needed for every person about the food system not only for employment but also for general knowledge so we can make informed choices. Education can be formal or informal – but it is always needed.
An Agricultural Urbanism project endeavours to:
- Support the widest array of formal or informal education opportunities for food possible by providing a range of education facilities and building partnerships with people and organizations that can provide education;
- Support programs that provide education on food and health.
Below are some resources related to key food information or education:
- American Dietetic Association – This organization’s web site offers consumers a respected source for nutrition information and tips. www.eatright.org
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – This association of dietiticians and food professionals includes many resources for food and nutrition education. http://www.eatright.org/HealthProfessionals/content.aspx?id=8367&terms=professional+development
- International Food Information Council’s “Food Insight” – This web site communicates a wealth of science-based information on food safety and nutrition and provides extensive research tools. www.foodinsight.org
- Johns Hopkins University Open Courses – This site offers access to a range of open courses on food and nutrition. http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/find.browse#topics/topicID/19/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – This site offers a good simple overview course on how to set up a social marketing campaign on food and nutrition education. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/socialmarketing/training/index.htm
- Teach Nutrition.org – This site associated with nutrition teachers in Ontario offers a range of educational materials and resources. http://ontario.teachnutrition.org/teaching-nutrition/pages/health-education/food-health-education.aspx
- Associations of Health Educators – these sites offer a range of educational materials:
- Saskatchewan government – http://www.sheaonline.ca/
- Society for Nutrition Education and Behaviour – http://www.sneb.org/
- Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals – http://anfponline.org
- Dieticians of Canada – http://www.dietitians.ca
- Canadian Healthcare Association – http://www.cha.ca/learning/courses/food-service-and-nutrition-management-program
- California Assoc of Foodbanks – http://www.cafoodbanks.org/docs/Banking%20on%20Better%20Health%20Report.pdf
- Canadian Diabetes Association – http://www.diabetes.ca/for-professionals/resources/nutrition
- Partners in Information Access – This is an enormous portal website with information on many aspects of nutrition, food issues and programs across the USA. http://phpartners.org/nutrition.html
- US Government
- This USDA website offers a range of govt sponsored education programs, especially related to safety, emergencies and such. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education
- This USDA site offers a wide array of educational information on nutrition. http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/
- This US gov’t site also offers extensive nutrition information. http://www.nutrition.gov/
- This site focues on food education an labeling. http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-choices-health/education,-information-labeling.aspx#.UvurDbTjXa4
- National Institute of Health – a good portal for nutrition information and tools. http://www.dnrc.nih.gov/education.asp
- Ethnic food education – This is a list of resources available on the issue of ethnic food, health and education related issues. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/ethnic.pdf
- Canadian government
- This site from Health Canada focuses on food information education. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/index-eng.php
- Food and Agricultural Education Information System – This site is an interesting database of information related to American education programs in food and agriculture. http://www.faeis.ahnrit.vt.edu/reportspubs.shtml