Getting Food to Rural Wisconsin: Using Innovation, Technology & Collaboration

Monday, September 18th, 11:00 AM

One in 14 people in Wisconsin is food insecure, with rural communities struggling at a higher rate. Join Alliant Energy, Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin and UW Health for a discussion on new and collaborative solutions to provide more choice, access, and fresh food to those in need in rural communities. Learn how these innovative techniques could be applied to other challenges facing those communities as well.

Panelists: Patti Habeck, Adrian Jones, Michelle Orge
Moderator: Aimee Davis
Sponsor: Presented by Alliant Energy

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