FYI,

 

Dr. Nicole Peritore of the Public Health Education program at Augusta (GA) University and former Senior Specialist for Family Health at the University of Kentucky Extension, and Dr. Noah Lenstra of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro have collaborated to create a Public Library Food Service Census, modeled on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School Census.

During the month of April 2022, we are asking public library workers across North America to share with us:

• How your library currently supports food literacy and food access
• How your library has supported food literacy and food access in the past
• What resources you may need to better support food literacy and food access at your library

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We hope to use the data collected to drive forward the conversation on food and librarianship, and to create stronger partnerships with allied sectors in schools, agriculture, and health.

The survey is now available online, and will be open throughout the month of April.

Please take some time to add your library to this Public Library Food Service Census.

 

Direct link to Public Library Food Service Census: https://augusta.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bE4G8FouiDUXWsK

 

Thank you for your time!

Nicole Peritore and Noah Lenstra

Noah Lenstra

Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science

University of North Carolina Greensboro

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noahlenstra.com

@NoahLenstra

Author, Healthy Living at the Library

Director of Let's Move in Libraries

 

 

Forwarded by:

 

Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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609-278-2640 ext. 116

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