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Future of Food in Colorado
You "herd" it here first. At the Washington Post Live "Future of Food" conference today, participants were encouraged to Tweet using the hash tag #thinkfood. Here is a compilation of some selected quotes and facts from the panels via Twitter.
#ThinkFood panelist today at @thepostlive event in Denver. Kids need good food for a successful future. School meals are critical
#Dairy foods are some of the most efficient and affordable sources of #nutrition available. #ThinkFood
WATCH LIVE now: talking to Robert Hammond, Chris Kraft, and Tony Frank about food security in Denver: bit.ly/LGVlgY #ThinkFood
2 billion more people by 2050 - farmers have to produce 70% more food w/ the same land & water -@postmary @thepostlive #thinkfood
We have a moral imperative around providing healthy food for our children - Robert Hammond, CO Commissioner of Education #ThinkFood
RT @thepostlive: Kids don't learn as well...if they don't have healthy, nutritious, farm fresh grown meals. Robert Hammond #ThinkFood
Food insecurity isn't far from you. 23% of Colorado homes don't have enough to eat #thinkfood
The average American family spends 6% of household income on food according Colorado State University President Anthony Frank. #thinkfood- Chris Kraft, CO dairy farmer has a herd of cows who produce 10 gal of milk per cow everyday. Credits #technology on his farm. #thinkfood
- #ThinkFood Joint purchasing power in large/small districts to bring Colorado FRESH FOODS in school. School Nutrition Professionals are key
- More programs are needed to teach kids the value of farm fresh foods- Robert Hammond @codepted #thinkfood
- "Today, 1.3% of US research and development is in agriculture" - Tony Frank, President of CSU #ThinkFood
What a great question: How do we get college kids interested in agriculture? #thinkfood
"Farmers are the ultimate recyclers" Manure isn't waste - it's great field nutrition. -Chris Kraft #Dairy Farmer #ThinkFood
#ThinkFood Did you know there will be 54,000 new jobs in Ag & natural resources by 2015? -Dr. Tony Frank #careers #agchat @thepostlive
Hammond: schools encouraging kids to grow their own food, important component of educating them about healthy food #thinkfood
When it comes to improving diet quality, "we don't give kids enough credit for how adaptive they are." - Robert Hammond #ThinkFood- @thepostlive After you make healthy foods available, you still have to change habits. Nutrition education is key. #thinkfood
Discussing the Future of Food, 40% of food in the US is wasted, we need solutions. #thinkfood http://pic.twitter.com/s1hfEwYO- "Ag industry...is about 20 billion dollars in economic activity (in CO) " - Kelly Brough #ThinkFood
RT @thepostlive: If a student isn't healthy, worried about where next meal comes from, r they going to pay attn? - Helayne Jones #ThinkFood
We are very focused on childhood obesity & not about the fact that children are undernourished- Dayle Hayes #thinkfood- Dayle Hayes make a good point: it isn't nutrition until its consumed by students. We don't want to feed trash cans. #thinkfood
And recess before lunch! RT @thepostlive: Breakfast in the classroom is the gold standard - Dayle Hayes #ThinkFood- Lunch ladies in CO went to 5-day culinary bootcamps, taught to cook from scratch and be the nutrition champions - Anne Warhover #ThinkFood
