MAD Ideas Presents: Angela Odoms-Young (FREE) Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hamilton Public Library, 13 Broad Street , Hamilton , NY 13346 MAD Ideas brings top thinkers to Madison County from universities and colleges around Central New York to share their “Mad Ideas” and research topics. The lecture series spans a wide variety of topics, including agriculture, youth development, health & ecological sustainability.Dr. Angela Odoms-Young will be speaking on Creating a Healthier Society by Improving Diet and Improving Diet by Creating a Healthier Society: A Whole Person Approach for Achieving Population Health. She is the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition and Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program (FNEC) Program/New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University.Her research explores social and structural determinants of dietary behaviors and diet-related diseases in low-income and Black/Latinx populations and centers on identifying culturally appropriate programs and policies that promote health equity, food justice, and community resilience. Dr. Odoms-Young has over 20 years’ experience partnering with communities to improve nutrition and health and 200+ academic publications, book chapters, and presentations. She has served on numerous advisory committees and boards, including the National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board, the Institute of Medicine committees to develop the nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program and revise the food packages provided in the Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Council on Black Health. Dr. Odoms-Young has also been a member of the Board of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, American Heart Association Chicago Metro Board, Grow Greater Englewood (current), and Blacks in Green. She also currently serves as the inaugural Equity Visiting Scholar at Feeding America. Dr. Odoms-Young received her B.S. in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and M.S./PhD in Community Nutrition from Cornell University. Additionally, she completed a Family Research Consortium Postdoctoral Fellowship examining family processes in diverse populations at the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Community Health Scholars Fellowship in community-based participatory research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Before joining Cornell DNS, Dr. Odoms-Young was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition.  FREE Registration: https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=Mad-Ideas-AngelaOdomsYoung_225 ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, May 7, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx ========================================= New York State Fiber Conference Sunday, June 9, 2024 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Butternut Hill Campground, 6893 US Route 20 , Bouckville, NY 13310 Theme for this year: Quality MattersBeginners as well as the more experienced fiber producers are sure to gain valuable hands-on skills, and knowledge with respect to fiber quality, and what to look for. You will be physically touching, feeling and seeing the difference between various fiber and fleece types in the presence of an instructor. The instructor will show and demonstrate what you need to look for in a quality fleece or fiber. You will also learn how to skirt a fleece and what the best uses are for the different fibers. There will be a sheep shearing demonstration with a commentary on what needs to be done at this stage to ensure the best quality.Participants will go away with an understanding of the different certification programs and how they might be beneficial to their farm business.Topics to be covered: Challenges and Rewards of Raising Animals for High Quality FiberCornell University Small Ruminant Program - What to ExpectWool and other Fibers Certification Programs - What's Out There, Advantages and DisadvantagesImpacts of Certifications - Panel Discussion: Farmers and RetailersQuality Exploration with Animal FibersClick here for conference agenda and registration.Registration opens April 1, 2024. Fee $30 per person.Advance registration required by June 3, 2024.Conference is limited to the first 50 participants.New York Veterans will have their registration fee reimbursed by the Farm Ops Program.Registration fee includes free admission to the Central New York Fiber Festival (see below) on Sunday to explore during your 1 �½ hour lunch break. Food venders will be on site for you to purchase food.Overnight Accommodations: Reservations and list from CNY Fiber ArtsThe Central New York Fiber Arts Festival is on June 8 & 9, 2024 at the same location as the NYS Animal Fiber Conference. They expect a full complement of 120 booths filled with fleeces, yarns, fiber equipment, fiber animals and all manner of finished fiber products. They will have a full schedule of exciting lectures and workshops, a weaving competition, fleece sale, shearing demonstration, weaving booth, and children's activities. For additional information regarding the Fiber Arts Festival. $30 per person Registration: https://caahp.ccext.net/civicrm/event/register?id=193&reset=1 ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, July 9, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, September 10, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, October 8, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx ========================================= Board of Directors Meetings Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Public Notice of Board MeetingsBOD_Meeting_Dates2024.docx =========================================