Creating a Network for Military Nutrition Readiness

Strengthening nutrition readiness is essential to supporting the overall well-being and resilience of military families. This webinar will describe an important shift from viewing food security solely as economic access toward a more comprehensive, military nutrition readiness framework grounded in three pillars: physical access to food, economic access to food, and nutrition quality. The speakers will explore how nutrition readiness requires financial resources as well as geographic access to food and the availability of foods that support optimal health and human performance.

Building on this understanding, attendees will gain an overview of federal nutrition assistance programs and Cooperative Extension education programs that support both nutrition and financial readiness. Further, attendees will hear from an installation community partnership addressing nutrition readiness at Fort Drum, enabling more effective referrals and connections to resources.