{"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":"2026-08-20T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:30:47","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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">URI Cooperative Extension: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/foodrecovery\/\">Food Recovery for Rhode Island<\/a> <\/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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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 for Rhode Island (FRRI) is a community education program designed to address residential food waste through grassroots change. The mission is to amplify community\u2011led wasted food solutions through shared learning, dialogue, and collaborative action. Through education and experiential learning, participants build skills to choose food recovery strategies that work for their households. They then volunteer to support food rescue and recycling projects in the community!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foodrecoveryforri\/\">@foodrecoveryforri<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/farmers-market\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/farmers-market\/\">URI Free Farmers&#8217; Market<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The URI Free Farmers Market (FFM) is a campus program at the University of Rhode Island that gives students <strong>FREE<\/strong> fresh fruits, vegetables, and local produce grown right on university teaching farms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 7,000 lbs. of produce were distributed to URI students last fall. A huge thank you to the URI farms, farm staff, student team members, volunteers, CHS and CELS who make this program possible!\u00a0<\/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>Follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urifreefarmersmarket\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urifreefarmersmarket\/\">@urifreefarmersmarket<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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>1. <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>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/free-farmers-market\/\">A Community at Work &#8211; URI Free Farmers&#8217; Market<\/a><br>3. <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>4. <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","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":10844,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/1288\/revisions\/10844"}],"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}]}}