Hoosiers interested in and working with food systems across Indiana attended the second annual Indiana Food Summit in Indianapolis this week, where healthy food access continues to be a popular topic. When trying to incentivize smaller retail stores to sell healthy food and produce you first have to make sure that’s what people want says Kara Lubischer, with University of Missouri Extension. We focus on the demand side first, says Lubischer. So we build up community support for the local retailer before we do anything inside the store. Lubischer led a session called Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy at the summit. She says the way to increase demand is through nutrition education and detailed how to do this through youth cooking competitions or wellness fairs. Around 70 people attended the two-day Indiana Food Summit organized by Purdue Extension says coordinator Jodee Ellett. She says the event covers how Indiana’s food system can address bigger issues. A lot of communities in Indiana are
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