The Food Security Committee of the CT Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CAND) works to raise members’ awareness of the prevalence and consequences of food and nutrition insecurity nationwide and within the state of CT and to provide members with the information necessary to take action to improve food and nutrition security.
The committee does this through a variety of activities including, but not limited to, the monitoring and reporting of hunger related legislation, developing and maintaining relationships with other organizations and groups addressing the issue of food security within the state, educating the membership, including dietetic students about roles the RDN and NDTR can take in an effort to understand and address nutrition insecurity and to participate and coordinate in private and CAND led fundraising initiatives related to food security.
Activities have included participation and support of both the Foodshare and the CT Food Bank Walks for Hunger, arrange for speakers working in fields related to food security to address membership directly, coordinate activities of student volunteers, participate in CAND’s Food Day initiative (Apple Crunch), and request/coordinate fundraising activities to support hunger relief organizations within the state.
