2022 Iowa Hunger Summit

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, partners across Iowa and the United States joined together to discuss critical hunger issues at the Iowa Hunger Summit. The Summit's theme, Our Paths to Zero, focused on charting a course to overcoming hunger with a focus on our collective health.
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Full Schedule

10:00 a.m.		State of Iowa Hunger & Health - What food pathway are we on?  Speakers:   Mike Naig Secretary Iowa Department of Agriculture Kelly Garcia Director Iowa Department of Public Health Brent Johnson President Iowa Farm Bureau
10:30 a.m.		Hunger Summit: Future - Past  Speakers: Kyle Poorman Director, Iowa Hunger Summit World Food Prize Foundation Barbara Stinson President World Food Prize Foundation Kate Levasseur Archivist World Food Prize Foundation
11:00 a.m.		Banking on the future: The future of emergency food aid Speakers:   Michelle Book President & CEO Food Bank of Iowa Di Daniels Facilitator SALUD-Multicultural Health Coalition of Storm Lake Melanie Fierke Executive Director The Lord's Cupboard Community Pantry  Pastor Dwayne Hodges Pastor Redeemed Voices Worship Center Krystal Kabela Food Bank Program Manager CommUnity Crisis Services Pete Pazour Pantry Services Supervisor Northeast Iowa Food Bank
12:00 p.m.		Can you hear us in Washington? Takeaways from our White House Conference on Hunger Listening Session  Speakers:       Jon Wogman Senior Program Manager, Global Youth Programs & Partnerships Kyle Poorman Director, Iowa Hunger Summit       Austin Castillo-Leovan Program Coordinator, Global Youth Programs   Abigail Turner Program Coordinator, Global Youth Programs
12:30 p.m.		Greening food deserts Speakers: Alana Rhone Agricultural Economist USDA Economic Research Service
1:00 p.m.		Breaking down inequality: Poverty alleviation Speakers: Meghan Curran Policy Director Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University
1:30 p.m.		Disrupting the legacy of redlining in Des Moines Speakers: Yasamin Shaker Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Utah Kendyl Larson Director of Research and Planning Polk County Housing Trust Fund Kyle Poorman Director, Iowa Hunger Summit World Food Prize Foundation
2:00 p.m.		Paths to zero: FRAC roundup Speakers: Luis Guardia President Food Research and Action Center Sherry Brennan Member, Board of Directors Food Research and Action Center

Virtual Workshops

Virtual workshops occurred from Monday, August 29 to Friday, September 2, 2022. Partners from Iowa and across the United States hosted workshops to inform and enhance the Summit. 

Partner workshops provide an opportunity for attendees to engage in in-depth conversations on initiatives working to comprehensively address food security locally and around the world. We will focus on building a roadmap to zero hunger and greatly reducing non-communicable food-related disease. The goal of the partner workshops is to share tangible tools and action items to further engage with Iowa’s unique communities.