As part of UCC Community Week, Cork Food Policy Council, the ERI and the School of Epidemiology and Public Health are hosting a webinar on the all-encompassing topic of:
Food - sustainable food production; access to local produce; promoting healthy eating initiatives in a community setting and the problem of (and some solutions to) food waste.
This free, online event will take place on Tues Oct 12th at 2pm via Zoom and is open to all - within and outside of UCC – please Register Here
Programme:
Co-chairs: Dr Colin Sage, retired Senior Lecturer, UCC,. and Dr Janas Harrington, Senior Lecturer UCC
Food Growing
Finola McCarty – Cork Food Policy Council, Food Growing Coordinator
Access to local food producers and growth of online platforms for food provision
Jack Crotty co-founder Neighbourfood - Cork
Mary McCarthy, Prof Marketing, Cork University Business School UCC
Healthy Eating in the community
Sarah Carr – Community Health Worker NiCHE
Taran Kelly, Ballyhoura Development Officer
Dr Maria Kirrane, UCC’s Sustainablity Officer
Food waste
Keelin Tobin, Researcher Munster Technical University
Dr Richard O’Shea, Lecturer, School of Engineering, UCC