Defining the Sustainability Equation From Farm to Fork

This continuing education course will provide an overview of sustainability, including the role of food systems from farm to fork, the complexities of balancing nutrition within the sustainability equation, and the role nutrition professionals can play in shaping sustainable food systems.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:

  1. Assess the meaning of the word “sustainability” and its role in the local and global food system.
  2. Analyze examples of sustainable agricultural practices implemented across the US food system that contribute to a reliable, resilient, and affordable food supply.
  3. Evaluate modeling study design used for predicting the environmental, economic, and nutritional parameters of plant- and animal-based food sources.
  4. Distinguish the role of the nutrition professional within the food and agriculture continuum to support and promote sustainable food systems.

Additional Information

Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 
1.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.6
CDR Activity Type: 
740
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 CDR
Course opens: 
10/25/2021
Course expires: 
05/31/2024
CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
Rating: 
0

Jennifer Garrett, PhD, is founder of JG Consulting Services, a strategic management consulting firm committed to helping clients build trust in food and agriculture built on sound science, and Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, is founder and principal of The AgriNutrition Edge, a consultancy committed to providing strategic scientific-based communications and counsel to food, health, and agriculture organizations. Smith Edge is a former president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a member of the Board of Editors for Nutrition Today. She has authored or coauthored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications and two books.

Jennifer Garrett, PhD, reports the following relevant disclosures: consultant to the The Context Network, consultant to the United Soybean Board, consultant and speaker for U.S. Soybean Export Council, speaker for Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence, and sponsor/speaker for Global Agri-Food Forum 2020 and National Agriculture Council (NAC). Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, reports the following relevant disclosures: consultant to the The Context Network and United Soybean Board, has received honorarium from New York Beef Council, National Cattlemen's Speaker Bureau, General Mills, and the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, and is on the Board of Advisors for FLM Harvest. They have certified that no conflict of interest exists for this program. View our disclosure policy.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 CDR

Price

CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
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