About the Podcast:
Nonprofit Director Robin Mallery knows nutrition education can strike a nerve. People should not only have access to healthy food, but they should learn about it in a way that recognizes how stresses of poverty affects behavior, dismisses shame, and promotes mental and physical well-being.
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About Robin Mallery:
Robin is passionate about food! As the Director of Urban Seeds, Robin is active in implementing programs that increase access to fresh, nourishing foods to those who are nutrient-insecure, thereby elevating the Food Justice conversation. She is committed to supporting locally-grown food as one of the many opportunities to create a vibrant local foods economy. Her professional experience as a cardiovascular and diabetes nurse provides the platform for her teaching a "Food as Medicine" philosophy. As Director, Robin is able to engage in impactful and collaborative community initiatives such as supporting a Trauma Informed Nutrition Care training, “Shopping and Cooking on a Budget” classes, and food rescue opportunities. Robin is also active with the Healthy Communities Partnership initiative, sponsored by Welborn Baptist Foundation and Purdue Extension.
Discussion Takeaways:
- “High priority food area” is the new term for “food dessert”.
- It is time to embrace moral obligation, and serve children food that is nutrient dense.
- Use “nutrient security” instead of “food security”. It is less about a food shortage and more about poor access to nutrient dense food.
- Let’s look at the big picture and understand that people may not know how to make a dinner with the food given to them through hunger relief organizations.
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