(Documents are in pdf format.)

Sunday

10am - 11am
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program: Opportunities and Resources

• Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snack Program - Policy, Benefits and Opportunities, Lorelei DiSogra, United Fresh Produce Association

11am - 12noon:
Maximizing the Healthier New WIC Foods in Your Community

• Growing Up Healthy With WIC, Maureen Black, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
• The New Look of WIC, Stacey Flanagan, Public Health Solutions

3:45pm - 5:00pm
Recession Strategies for Schools: Making Child Nutrition Programs Work for Families During Hard Times

• Strategies in Tough Economic Times: Expanding School Meal Access and Participation, Madeleine Levin, MPH, Food Research and Action Center

Monday

10:30am - 12:00noon
School Breakfast Expansion: What's Working

• History of School Breakfast Expansion in Maryland, Brenda Schwaab, Maryland State Department of Education
• School Breakfast Expansion: What's Working in Baltimore City, Cristina Sepe, Emerson National Hunger Fellow

1:45pm - 3:15pm
Data 101
Rachel Cooper, Food Research and Action Center

• Glossary of Common Data Terms and Sources
• A Brief Guide to Arithmetic for Advocacy
• Data 101 PowerPoint presentation

3:45pm - 5:30pm
The Future of Commodities in School Meals Programs

• USDA Commodity Foods and the National School Lunch Program, Madeleine Levin, MPH, Food Research and Action Center
• USDA Foods - Healthy Choices, American Grown, Cathie McCullough, FNS/USDA

The President's Online - Are You?

• The President's Online, Are You?, Leslie Ann Hall, Democracy in Action
• Commoncraft videos - Explanations in Plain English