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The
Leduc Center for Civic
Engagement at UMass-Dartmouth, the
Southeastern
MA Food Security Network (SMFSN), the Southeastern
Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), Coastline
Elderly Services, and the Marion
Institute collaborated to hold a three-hour
forum at the Charlton
College of Business Learning Pavilion and Auditorium on February 1,
2017. Following a Keynote by Project
Bread Executive Director Ellen Parker, seven local innovators
presented short summaries of their innovations and challenges, and four
expert panelists responded and answered questions from the audience of
about 150. All enjoyed light, locally-sourced cuisine prepared by the
University food service. The SMFSN is a coalition of food pantries, farms,
foundations, and social service agencies working together to promote food
security in Southeastern Massachusetts. Click
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(Top row) Leduc Center
Director of Community Service and Partnerships Deirdre
Healy talks with Southeastern
MA Food Security Network Coordinator Stephanie Reusch and Christine
Sullivan of Coastline Elderly
Services as Sharing
the Harvest Farm Director Dan King and Volunteer Coordinator Ricky
Phillips display some of the eggs that their farm produces. (Row two)
Ms. Healy talks with Joyce Bettencourt of New
Bedford City Fruit before Dean A "Guna" Gunasekaran, Ph.D.
welcomes the audience to the Charlton
College of Business for the forum. (Row three) Project
Bread Executive Director Ellen Parker talks about the complexity of
providing emergency food to diverse populations before a light meal is
served by the University food service and Ms. Reusch begins the second
part of the forum. (Row four) Adam Davenport of of Terra
Cura Inc., Julie Kelly of Mass
in Motion Fall River, and Joyce Bettencourt of New Bedford City
Fruit speak first. (Row five) Kim Ferreira of Mass
in Motion New Bedford, and Shaktisingh Rijput of UMass-Dartmouth MIS
conclude with their remarks. (Bottom row) Panelists Kendra Murray of SEMAP,
Maurice Cyr of Bristol Community
College and UMD Food Pantries, Christine Sullivan of Coastline
Elderly Services, and Dr. David Weed of Greater
Fall River Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc. comment during
the panel, and Julie Kelly talks with Maurice Cyr following.
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