Takoma Park, Maryland: Food System Resiliency Roundtable

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Member Participants: Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Chairman Jim McGovern (MA-02)

• Tour of MANNA Market and Meeting with Manna Executive Director, Jackie DeCarlo, and Clients  Statement

  • Mireille Jean Philippe, Montgomery County, Maryland MANNA Participant  Statement

• Tour of Clifton Park Baptists Church's Aeroponic Project  Statement

• Tour of Takoma Park/Silver Spring Community Kitchen 

• Food Security Roundtable at Takoma Park Presbyterian Church hosted by Representative Raskin (Organization Backgrounds and Speaker Biographies) 

  • Heather Bruskin, Executive Director, Montgomery County Food Council  Statement

  • Vanessa Pierre, Founder, Homestead Hustle and Healing Member, Montgomery County Food Advisory Board  

  • Camilla Pinares, Member, Montgomery County Food Council Advisory Board and SNAP Advocate  Statement 

  • Kenneth Oldman, President and CEO, United Way of Frederick County Statement

  • Ivie Baker, Program Manager, Community Kitchen at Crossroads Community Food Network  Statement 

  • Michael J. Wilson, Director, Maryland Hunger Solutions  Statement 

Additional Testimony for the Record

• Tazeen Ahmad, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Up 2 Us Foundation  Statement
• "A Tale of Two Pandemics", Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Guardian, November 23, 2021