Danone Institute North America recently organized a training for grant winners of the “One Planet. One Health” Initiative. A private training program in Boulder, CO focused on helping teams develop their projects to support local, sustainable, and resilient food systems.
The initiative, launched by Danone Institute North America in 2019, gives teams in the United States and Canada US$30,000 to develop food system solutions that serve people and the planet.
“The ‘One Planet. One Health’ Initiative helps increase sustainability efforts by empowering action among communities and individuals at the local level and using communication strategies to increase awareness,” said Leslie Lytle, President, Danone Institute North America.
During the program, the team participated in workshops and heard from leaders in the sustainable food movement. The program is intended to help participants refine their community-based projects and strengthen communication to share their efforts with a wider audience. Participants also have the opportunity to learn from each other by sharing the challenges and successes they have experienced.
Projects represented in the training include Juntos en el Jardín from Oregon, Farmers Market Navigator Program for a Healthy Planet and Healthy People in San Luis Obispo County from California, Building a post-pandemic sustainable food system: Starting in Edmonton from Alberta and Delivering. on sustainable food systems: Evaluating the good food box program in Nanaimo, British Columbia from British Columbia.
These four projects, solving challenges in each team’s local community, work to ensure that residents can access healthy food options.
Lytle hopes the “One Planet. One Health” Initiative will help drive change by “harnessing the passion of local people in their communities and helping them become thought leaders and innovators.”
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