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Communication to Bridge the Gap Between Food Production and Nutrition and Health: A Workshop

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Consumers are increasingly interested in knowing where their food comes from. At the same time, they are inundated with messages about food, some of which may contain misinformation and perpetuate misconceptions about food production, creating a gap in trust. A virtual workshop will explore the bidirectional communication between the producers of food and consumers. Speakers will address approaches to both communicating to the public about current and emerging agricultural practices and technologies and also ways to communicate information from researchers and consumers about diet, nutrition, and health needs back to food producers.

Description

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a one-day public workshop exploring issues related to communications among food producers, researchers, and consumers on agriculture and farming and their impact on nutrition and health. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that will explore both traditional and non-traditional communications techniques and methodologies with regard to topics such as:

  • Identifying ways to communicate to the public about the influence of agriculture supply chains, and agriculture and farming practices on nutrition and health, specifically:
    - Approaches to communications about emerging agricultural technologies and discoveries;
    - Translation of agricultural research into farming practices and strategies to enhance food quality; and
    - Application of food safety standards to enhance benefits to health and well-being.
  • Communicating and educating both professional colleagues and consumers about key discoveries from other disciplines that can benefit from food and nutrition research.
  • Communicating information about diet, nutrition, and health from researchers and consumers back to food producers.
  • Exploring ways to connect agricultural and farming systems with nutrition and health systems, including identifying gaps between the nutrient composition of foods at the production level and diet quality of the foods being consumed.

The planning committee will organize the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Contributors

Committee

Chair

Member

Member

Member

Member

Sponsors

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Staff

Alice Vorosmarti

Lead

Jen Stephenson

Andi Reiser

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