CDC National Environmental Public Health Conference

Michael Conard, assistant director of the UDL, presented “Redesigning the Food System for Public Health and Sustainability” at the Center for Disease Control’s National Environmental Public Health Conference. This event, which took place October 26-28 in Atlanta, was organized to encourage innovative strategies for addressing existing and emerging environmental health issues and to provide a forum for sharing research and information. The presentation shared the UDL’s recommendations to effect change in national health and the environment though the creation of a national integrated system of regional Foodsheds.