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Danone Institute North America Offers Training to Boost Local Efforts Toward More Sustainable Food Systems

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Monday, August 8, 2022
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Danone Institute North America, a not-for-profit established by Danone North America, recently hosted an in-person training program for grant winners from its "One Planet. One Health" Initiative. This initiative promotes resilient and sustainable local food systems by awarding five teams from the US and Canada with $30,000 USD to develop and execute their community-based sustainability projects and sponsoring their participation in a sustainability-focused training in Boulder, CO. The training featured national and local sustainability difference makers and included a communications workshop to help participants to spread the news about their work in their community. Participating teams represented four distinct communities in the United States and Canada: Lincoln City, Oregon; San Luis Obispo County, California; Edmonton, Alberta; and Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Key Points: 
  • One Health" Initiativehelps amplify sustainability efforts by empowering action among communities and individuals at the local level and using communications strategies to raise awareness," says Leslie Lytle, PhD, president, Danone Institute North America.
  • For more information on the Danone Institute North America, visit www.danoneinstitutena.org
    Launched in 1997, the Danone Institute North America fosters transdisciplinary, community-based work to promote sustainable food systems globally.
  • The Danone Institute North America is one of several Danone Institutes created worldwide by Danone, the ultimate parent company of Danone North America Public Benefit Corporation.
  • The nutrition scientists establish program direction, determine recipients of funding and are closely involved in all Danone Institute North America programs.