{"id":1288,"date":"2018-06-05T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nfs-draft\/?post_type=people&#038;p=1288"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:11:24","slug":"amanda-missimer","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/meet\/amanda-missimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Missimer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Recovery for Rhode Island (FRRI), URI Free Farmers&#8217; Market (FFM), Food Recovery for URI (FR_URI), Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Community Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>URI Cooperative Extension: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/foodrecovery\/\">Food Recovery for Rhode Island<\/a> @foodrecoveryri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The six-week Food Recovery Course will help you make the most of your food while exploring the intersection of the food system and the environment. The interdisciplinary course will explore the hierarchy of best action to minimize food waste in a given community.\u00a0 Its unique educational approach will blend research-based information, traditional knowledge, and practical application to help people adopt food recovery practices at home and in the community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdNjlYqDEgvBJ5VSO_uMVgFYZUdahvHpXsg-xwh-tJyyeOKhA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Get notified for the next course here<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-video  \"><div class=\"poster\" id=\"tH7r9BYxPVQ\" data-video=\"tH7r9BYxPVQ\" data-platform=\"youtube\" data-showinfo=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/tH7r9BYxPVQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Food Recovery is a Cooperative Extension community education program for all Rhode Islanders that simultaneously addresses food waste, food insecurity and climate change by enabling trained volunteers to support community-driven change unlike solutions without community voice. Our vision is to empower communities where members are energized to make food-related decisions that improve food access and protect the environment for generations to come. Watch this video to learn about the impact of our pilot program, our incredible community partners, and the talented people who make up our team of URI Food Recovery volunteers!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>URI Free Farmers&#8217; Market<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supported by the URI Teaching Gardens, Health Services &amp; the Nutrition Department to mobilize locally grown produce at no-cost for our at need students on campus. @urifreefarmersmarket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfT-Sbor4ZeyDWdc_f99DA1ausLvP-rF-Vcu4xnLKNQhSmNbQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Volunteer Interest form here<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/FFM-3-Year-Impact-Report.pdf\">URI FFM 3 Year (2021-2023) Impact Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/URI-FFM-2023-Impact-Report.pdf\">URI FFM 2023 Impact Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/FFM-Impact-Report.pdf\">URI FFM Pilot Impact Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>NUT 207: General Nutrition<br>NUT 212G: Public Health Nutrition<br>NUT 554: Nutrient Metabolism II<br>NUT 567: Introductory Dietetic Research; NUT 568: Intermediate Dietetic Research; NUT 569: Advanced Dietetic Research; NUT 570: Research in Dietetic Specialization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In the Press<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/Amanda-Vanessa-FRRI-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/07\/05\/metro\/changing-way-rhode-islanders-think-about-their-food\/\">The Boston Globe\u2019s weekly Ocean State Innovators column features a Q&amp;A with Rhode Island innovators who are starting new businesses and nonprofits, conducting groundbreaking research, and reshaping the state\u2019s economy. Changing the way Rhode Islanders think about their food.<\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/Sustainability-Award-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/free-farmers-market\/\">A Community at Work &#8211; URI Free Farmers&#8217; Market<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2021\/10\/21\/nutritionists-coordinate-weekly-farmers-market-on-the-quad\/\">Lettuce All Go to the Free Farmers&#8217; Market<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/uris-free-farmers-market-wins-national-sustainability-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI\u2019s Free Farmers Market wins national sustainability award<\/a><br>https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/study-shows-social-medias-negative-effect-on-nutritional-choices-habits-in-uri-students\/<br>https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/SustainabilitySuppers\/stop-wasting-food\/<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":4119,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"peoplegroups":[10],"class_list":["post-1288","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","peoplegroups-fac"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10450,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/1288\/revisions\/10450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"peoplegroups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/peoplegroups?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}