Each year millions of Americans are forced to choose between food and other crucial needs like medicine, electricity, childcare. Your neighbor, colleague or even a friend may be one of those faced with where their next meal is coming from or how to feed their family. Join Dr. Syed and his guests as they discuss food insecurity in Indiana, how school lunches play a vital role, resources available to those in need, and how we can make changes in our community, state and nation to ensure equitable access to nutritious food.
Guests:
- Lindsay Cox
Community Wellness Coordinator (Delaware and Blackford counties), Purdue Extension
- Tarrah Westercamp, MS, RDN, SNS
Registered Dietician, School Nutrition Consultant and is the Indiana School Manager for the No Kid Hungry campaign
- Erica Olmstead, MPA,
Senior Field Manager No Kid Hungry Campaign
- Emily Weikert Bryant
Executive Director Feeding Indiana’s Hungry.
Purdue Extension Nutrition Education and Community Wellness
Community Compass to help find assistance in your area
Law and Social policy resources
Free and Reduced School Meal forms
Indiana School Nutrition Programs
Dial 2-1-1 to connect with a navigator to help you find food assistance in your community