Teaching a remote lecture during COVID has some upsides. As we were signing off today, one of my students stayed on and asked "would you like to see my pet ferret?" 🤩 #COVID #studentengagement #remotelectures

VT Senate gave preliminary approval to bill that brings Universal School Breakfast to all VT schools by 2022, making VT the 1st state to provide free bfast to all public school students. Senate to give final approval 4/30 & then move to House Hunger Free Vermont prn.to/331XkJi

Congratulations to Ani Hsu Obrock for successfully completing your oral comprehensive exam for your Accelerated MS in Nutrition & Food Sciences! It has been my pleasure researching with you in Kenya and serving as your graduate mentor. UVM Nutr & Food Sci @UVMCALS UVM Graduate College

June through September 2021 the WIC Cash Value Benefit (CVB) for fruits & vegetables will be temporarily increased to $35 a month for each WIC participant over the age of 1 year! Interested families can apply online at healthvermont.gov/applytowic or text VTWIC to 855-11 to sign up.

Our JAND Professional Practice paper is live; what an incredible, rewarding experience working with this fierce, brilliant research team to craft an article on the Risk of Homemade Infant Formula for our fellow RDNs and Nutritionists. authors.elsevier.com/a/1d5HV7t0kPso… #foodsecurity #rdchat

Home food procurement (gardening, hunting, etc.) during #COVID19 really did increase! More likely among food insecure, #BIPOC, job loss, and larger households. Linked with higher fruit/veg intake, but only for food secure Dr. Farryl Bertmann PhD RDN Emily Belarmino #NFACT tinyurl.com/7jjn8wwc

Thank you for hosting our panel today, National WIC Association! National WIC Association #rdchat #COVID #emergencyresponse

Meeting the needs and professional goals of our students, check out our updated UVM Nutrition & Food Science major with concentrations in: Dietetics Food Sciences Nutrition, Sustainability, and Society uvm.edu/cals/nfs UVM Nutr & Food Sci @UVMCALS University of Vermont

Our #NFACT University of Vermont team found that food banks and pantries support individual and households’ food access, potentially maintaining food security and diet quality during emergencies like COVID-19. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… Meredith Niles Emily Belarmino @UVMCALS

New work from our team Dr. Farryl Bertmann PhD RDN Emily Belarmino where we tracked a group of Vermonters over the first year of the pandemic. Food insecurity went down from the height of the pandemic, but was higher than before the pandemic at 18% among our respondents in March 2021 #NFACT

new #preprint from our #NFACT team @UVMCALS tracking 440 Vermonters over the 1st year of #COVID19. 31% food insecure at some point, BIPOC 10X, women 7X, households w/ kids 5X greater odds of food insecurity Dr. Farryl Bertmann PhD RDN Emily Belarmino medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thank you for meeting with our @UVMCALS research team again this morning Lt. Governor Molly Gray. We appreciate your continued interest in our data on food security, home food production, & health outcomes in VT during COVID nfactresearch.org/vermont-policy… Meredith Niles Emily Belarmino University of Vermont

Vermonters can now order rapid COVID-19 tests by visiting SayYesCovidHomeTest.org. Supply is limited. Thank you for your patience.

I am so proud to mentor and advise an Olympian! Our graduate research group will be cheering extra hard for Sini in Beijing. 💚💛🏒💪 UVM CALS UVM Nutr & Food Sci

Thank you, VTAgencyofAg Secretary Tebbetts and Health Commissioner Dr. Levine, for inviting our University of Vermont @NFACT team to meet with you and colleagues for a #FoodSecurity & #Health research briefing this morning Meredith Niles jennifer laurentsia @UVMCALS UVM Nursing & Health Sciences Gund Institute for Environment

Today uvm_MSDietetics joined 200+ UVM students (online & in person) including medical, advanced practice nursing, counseling, speech-language pathology, and physical therapy to explore Sexual Misconduct in Healthcare:  Tools for Addressing Sexual Harassment #IPE @UVMCALS

Happy RDN Day! To all of our RDN Preceptors, thank you. To frontline RDNs, whether you have been providing feedings in COVID ICUs, navigating staff shortages & supply chains issues in foodservice, or connecting those who are food insecure with resources, YOU ARE AMAZING.#RDNDay

One of the best achievements as grad student/person is being a part of this amazing and much needed community at UVM. Happy to see that our chapter is now OFFICIAL!! 🥳 Our hard work has paid off!! 🥂 SACNAS at the University of Vermont @uvmdei University of Vermont uvm.edu/news/story/uvm…

Our graduating dietetics Seniors sent us this video… We have the best students, we are so lucky; thank you for sharing your college journey with us! Congratulations; we are so proud! 🎉🎓💚💛💚💛 #classof2022 UVM Nutr & Food Sci @UVMCALS youtube.com/watch?v=hH-CzR…

Thank you Governor Phil Scott for signing S.100 Here is a recent interview on this valuable program: vpr.org/vpr-news/2022-…