BUILDING A FOOD ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WORKSHOP SUMMARY and OUTCOMES

Opening Statement // Justin Shanks Facilitator Justin Shanks kicked off the morning with an opening statement introducing the goals of the workshop and posed the following questions: (1) Is there a need for a Food Environment CoP? What should such a CoP look like in terms of structure and function? (2) Is there a need to modify the working definition of food environment to more comprehensively assess how socio-ecological factors influence diets and health? (3) How can we come together to share approaches to support each other’s work and goal for creating healthy food environments?