Working Together: Breaking Down Barriers for Efficient Food Recovery Program
Track
Organics / Edible Food Recovery
Session Description
Working Together: Breaking Down Barriers for Efficient Food Recovery Program will present case studies around how working together has helped to create innovative, efficient and effective food recovery programs. These programs are going beyond SB 1383 compliance and moving toward combating the factors that create food insecurity and creating more sustainable non-profit lead programs. This panel discussion will use short powerpoints and focus on a question and answer, open format to engage the audience in various case studies under the broader topics of 1. Breaking down government silos, 2. Non-profit collaboration and 3. The innovative opportunities by bringing in healthcare agencies into food recovery programs. Our experts will discuss their own experiences and what they perceive as the next steps to dissolving barriers and enacting broader change to how we approach food recovery, SB 1383 compliance, dealing with dietary needs, resources sharing and much more! The audience will leave with ideas on how to initiate programs at home, who should be at the table and what opportunities are out there for more comprehensive food recovery programs.
Speakers
Paddy Iyer, Daily Bowl
Title
Executive Director
Speaker Biography
Paddy Iyer is the ED of Daily Bowl, a Southern Alameda County based food recovery non-profit organization. Paddy has been instrumental in growing Daily Bowl into a recognized food recovery organization, forging relationships between donors and receiving agencies alike. Food waste is an issue that Paddy is passionate about, and as such he lives every day to Daily Bowl’s exit strategy of “If there is no Food Waste, there should be no Daily Bowl”. But till then, it’s his mission to help reduce food waste, connecting with agencies feeding the hungry, completing the circle.
Abstract Title
Sharing Resources: A New Approach for Non-Profits
Speaker Abstract
This presentation will discuss how Daily Bowl has been changing the norms, reaching across non-profit agencies and organizations to information share, food share and work on more collaborative approaches of food recovery. This presentation will provide examples of how non-profit organizations are breaking down traditional food fight barriers, and instead looking at ways to work together. As SB 1383 increases pressures of food recovery agencies to report, collect food, process food all while ensuring food safety, Paddy will bring examples of how non-profits are stronger together. Importantly Paddy will touch on how this collaboration will help the future organizations deal with changing dynamics and what he perceive is the future of these regional collaborations.
Robin Martin, Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s Food Recovery Initiative, Santa Clara County Food Recovery Program
Title
Executive Director
Speaker Biography
Robin came to Joint Venture’s Food Recovery Initiative in 2017 to head a novel food recovery pilot program, bringing 20 years of experience in public health and community team building. During her tenure at Joint Venture, she founded the Silicon Valley Food Recovery Council, the Santa Clara County Food Recovery Program on behalf of all jurisdictions in Santa Clara County, and authored numerous seminal reports. She speaks publicly on a regular basis about the importance of safe and nutritious food recovery and waste prevention. Robin serves as a board member for the Santa Clara County Food System Alliance.
Abstract Title
Breaking Down Silos: Governments and their Departments Working Together
Speaker Abstract
Robin will present the work that Joint Venture’s Silicon Valley is doing to bring jurisdictions together with the goal of increasing the effectiveness of their food recovery programs and infrastructure investments. In addition, the presentation will discuss other case studies across the state that demonstrate innovation through regional programs. The goals are to demonstrate how by increasing communication and collaboration of departments, more robust and resilient programs are developing that not only advance SB 1383 compliance but seek to address the issues that underpin food insecurity. The audience will leave with ideas on how to engage stakeholders to breakdown these traditional silos in order to bring groups together to create more food recovery opportunities.
Dr. Victor Cisneros, Eisenhower Medical Center
Title
Eisenhower Medical Center’s Graduate Medical Education Director of Community Engagement and Diversity & Inclusion
Speaker Biography
Dr. Cisneros was born in Jalisco, Mexico but was raised in California. In medical school he completed a dual degree that focuses on leaders who are culturally and linguistically competent to address the needs of Latinos. Victor serves as the vice-chair for the social emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Resident Association committee and completed a research fellowship in Population Health and Social Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine Health-Department of Emergency Medicine. Currently he serves as Eisenhower Medical Center’s Graduate Medical Education Director of Community Engagement and Diversity & Inclusion where he continues his passion for teaching, mentoring and interest public health.
Abstract Title
How Health Agencies can Advance Food Recovery with Non-Profits
Speaker Abstract
Dr. Cisneros will discuss the importance of Health Agencies engagement in food recovery programs, and how these partnerships can strategically target food insecurity. With a discussion of the Social Determinates of Health, Dr. Cisneros will discuss the innovating data tracking that Eisenhower Medical Center is undertaking to document the impacts of better nutrition and how to stabilize individuals through food. This presentation will discuss the opportunities of reducing food insecurity and how investment into food recovery and distribution programs result in widespread positive change for individuals and their families, including reduced medical costs. The results of this supports the investments of communities in food for low-income individuals, to help reduce costs in other areas. Dr. Cisneros will also discuss the potential future partnerships, including the engagement with Police Departments to track additional community safety metrics and their relation to food stability. Audiences will leave with ways to create more partnerships across wider stakeholder groups and out of the box ideas that will help address funding opportunities as investments in their community.
Moderator
David Hott, Loaves and Fishes
Title
Director of Programs