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FCHS Coordinates “Cultural Foodways” Training for Staff
In an effort to continually optimize FCHS’ nutrition education classes, Joan Healy, a Family and Community Health Sciences staff member, coordinated a “Cultural Foodways” training for nutrition educators in Mercer, Camden, Gloucester, and Burlington counties. Since a large proportion of the participants we serve in these counties are African American and/or Latino, the training focused on learning more about the foodways of these groups. Our chef trainers, who are part of the Arts Institute of Middlesex County “Share Your Foodways” team, shared the historical, social and cultural foodways of the groups; helped us improve our cultural awareness; increased our sensitivity…
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