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February 2025 Swetland Seminar || Panel Presentation: Digital Strategies for Improving Healthy Food Access Among SNAP Consumers: The Case of the Produce Path App

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Tue, Feb 18, 2025

9 AM – 10 AM EST (GMT-5)

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Join us for the monthly Swetland Seminar Series, a free learning opportunity open to the public. Each month we invite a guest to speak about various environmental health topics. Learn more at case.edu/swetland.

Panel Presentation
Digital Strategies for Improving Healthy Food Access Among SNAP Consumers: The Case of the Produce Path App

This panel discussion will focus on the development and dissemination of a digital strategy (the Produce Path app) to connect SNAP recipients to farmers markets in Northeast Ohio.
- The team will highlight their community-engaged approach to developing the app.
- They will discuss the app's features and how it helps SNAP recipients access nutrition incentive programs.
- The panel will also address future plans for expanding the app's reach in Ohio and beyond.

Moderator: Dr. Darcy Freedman, Director of the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Panelists:
- Traci Singree
Farmers Market Operational Manager
Cuyahoga Valley Farmers Market

- Owusua Yamoah, PhD, MA
Research Scientist
Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

- Katie Poppe, MPH, RDN
Research Associate
Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University

Learn more at https://case.edu/swetland/community/produce-path

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