Welcome to the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Dietary Practice Group of the American Dietetic Associaion

Welcome to the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition DPG Website

June 2008 News

Welcome new and returning HEN members! As of early June, HEN has reached a milestone with 1001 members.

Please check back often for updates, information on upcoming HEN events and CPE opportunities.

FUN HEN CPE events Registration available now. Coming to FNCE in Chicago October 2008? In addition to the many sessions led by HEN members, HEN will be providing additional opportunities for CPEs. HEN has requested CPEs for the following two events:

Organic Family Farm Tour : includes lunch, tour of showcase farms in WI (a short bus ride away), cooking demonstration and more. 5.5 level II CPEs.
Registration and workshop nformation is available at:
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/education_17452_ENU_HTML.htm

Member Reception and Annual Film FNCE Film Festival: Food (and Water) for Thought: 2 hours, 3 short films, discussion and tasty treats. 2.0 Level II CPEs.
Registration and workshop information is available at:
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/education_17453_ENU_HTML.htm

More information on the FNCE Page
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/7539_ENU_HTML.htm

1.5 Free CPES for HEN & ADA Members Expiring end of July:
Please click here for the lead article of the 2007 Summer Newsletter, Agriculture, Food Security and Global Climate Change. NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE/CPE INFO
If you are not a HEN member there is a $25 fee for the credit, and you will receive all HEN benefits. If you are not an ADA member, you may pay the $25 and receive the credits but cannot receive the HEN membership without becoming a full member of ADA.

Please welcome new and returning Committee members:
HEN leadership 2008-2009:
http://hendpg/index_1836.cfm and http://www.hendpg.com/index_648.cfm

Scholarship Awarded. The HEN Scholarship Committee awards its first International Scholarship in 2008. Congratulatons to Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett, PhD, RD, the 2008 award recipient!

Learn more about Elizabeth and the scholarship on the HEN Member Spotlight page.

ADA Awards HEN Members: Please give a round of applause to the following HEN members who will be recognized by ADA for their outstanding contributions to our field at the awards ceremony at FNCE where they will receive the following national honors:

Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Award: Judith L. Dodd, MS, RD, FADA, LDN

Medallion Awards: Kathleen F. Cobb, MS, RD, CD/N
Robert Earl, MPH, RD, LD
Susan L. Roberts, JD, RD, LD

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Latest Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

JHEN is published in cooperation with The Taylor & Francis Group. The inaugural issue is available! Learn more about this new journal and the HEN Member reduced subscription rate.

We are a group of dietitians, dietetic technicians, and students who are current members of The American Dietetic Association or Friends of the DPG. Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (HEN) members share the vision that HEN members are the most valued source of nutrition services to promote access to nutritious food and clean water from a secure and sustainable environment.

While many of our members devote their professional time to issues of hunger, food security, and sustainable agriculture, these issues pertain to all of us in the nutrition profession, truly making us a DPG for all ADA members. We invite you to visit the pages of our website and join the HEN DPG to keep abreast of the latest issues in food security and environmental nutrition.

HEN Mission

Leading the future in sustainable and accessible food and water systems through food and nutrition education, research and action.

HEN Goals

Build and retain an aligned, engaged and diverse membership.
Educate food and nutrition professionals and the public regarding the convergence of nutrition and community food security as related to the food and water supply.
Support food and nutrition professionals and others in conducting and applying the research.
Expand emerging career opportunities for food and nutrition professionals locally, nationally and internationally.
Empower food and nutrition professionals to form partnerships with organizations that complement the HEN DPG’s vision and mission.

HEN Sponsorship

Thank you to Organic Valley Cooperative
http://www.organicvalley.coop/
for generous HEN DPG sponsorship.