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When you know you’re not the expert. Who here watches Friends? Raise of hands for my fellow GenX and Xennial crowds? When I was reading through some of the content in this release of Served I found myself feeling a little like Joey. Specifically in the episode where he wants to be as smart as all of his other friends, but can’t afford to buy all 26 volumes of an encyclopedia set, so he decides to just buy one... the letter “V.” Needless to say, he only became knowledgeable on things starting with the letter “V.” I quickly learned that we, at NxtGen Network, are no experts in sustainability. It’s a good thing we have some ‘friends’ that are. Many of which are featured in this publication (whew!) Here are some things I learned in the articles you are about to dig into:
Sustainability through CONNECTION
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St. Vrain Valley School District (CO) Theresa Spires, RDN Sustainability and beans Annelise McAuliffe Soares, Ready Foods From the Show Floor Learn from Polar King at NAFEM 2023
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Sustainability programs often lose momentum when the human connection has not been prioritized. Read more in Sustainability through connection .
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Farming beans is fascinating... did you know that beans are known as
regenerative agriculture because unlike other crops, they add nutrients back into the soil, rather than taking nutrients away. See page 12 for more on this! • As a whole, the human race only consumes about 60% of all the food that is produced - that means we are throwing away 40% of all our food. Ouch! Pisanick Partners have ideas to help reduce those numbers in their article! • And, the most ironic of them all, Kayla Beyers from Deeply Rooted uses her husbands cattle he raises for beef to trample the soil, to yield a better nutrient- dense crop, to then feed more people her meat alternative product. Symbiosis at its finest. The biggest takeaway from everything inside is that we need each other. This is obviously not a surprise and exactly why we have “Network” in our name. We want to build a network people that bridge the gaps from knowledge to execution. We are thankful for our network of people who are passionate and knowledgeable about sustainability. I no longer feel like I am missing the entire sustainability section of my encyclopedia.
Harvard Dining Menu Updates
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Mike Buzalka
Fresh content from Food Management
Learning from others at JINN: Jamaica Island Nutrition Network 13 From the Show Floor shorts! Sweet Step Up: Nutrition Changes in Jamaica Davia Ellis Building program success: outside the kitchen Conor Doyle, AmTab Summit by NxtGen Network The networking
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Always learning,
~ Melissa
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