(Theme: Local, Regional, and Distant Food Systems)

Panel organizer & chair: Virginie Zoumenou, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

1. “Partnerships to Improve Child Diet Quality and Reduce Food Waste in Rural Schools,” Melissa Pflugh Prescott & Brenna Ellison, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashley Hoffman & Pamela Haywood, University of Illinois Extension; Nader Hamdi & Jennifer McCaffrey, University of Illinois Extension
2. “Sociodemographic Differences in the Dietary Quality of Food Purchases among Participants in the Nationally-Representative Food Acquisition and Purchase Study (FoodAPS),” Maya Vadiveloo & Haley Parker, University of Rhode Island; Filippa Juul & Niyati Parekh, NYU
3. “Farms to Food Banks - How to Improve Food Security and Improve Food Systems at the Same Time,” Alison Gustafson, University of Kentucky; Tamara Sandberg & Sarah Vaughn, Kentucky Association of Food Banks; Janet Mullins, University of Kentucky