Food Connects Us: Farming and Food

Send us Fan MailDear Listeners,March is National Nutrition Month. This years theme is "Food Connects Us". As we observe National Nutrition Month, spokes persons from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics across the USA encourage us to connect in several ways, connect with food, connect with experts, explore connection with culture, and to build the connection across all stages of life. Discourse tells us that food is one of the main contributing factors to health outcomes. However, we know that food is that and so much more. We know that "Food Connects Us". Bermuda, how does food connect you with your culture, your health, your family & friends, with gardening with accessibility, with affordability, with sustainability, etc.?During the month of March we will feature a series of episodes focused on how food connects us. This episode of Bermuda Health-Abets, a podcast where we discuss everything from A to Z on healthy living, is dubbed Food Connects Us: Farming and Food. #empoweringinformingandmotivating Bermuda residents to live well.Our guest this episode is Malachi Symonds, Agriculture Engineer & Owner of Just a Farmer. During this episode Malachi talks about his journey with farming, how farming connects us, ways forward for farming and sustainability in Bermuda, the significance of healthy soil and nutrient rich produce, what is need to create healthy soil, the importance of consuming from local farmers and more. Bermuda as you tune into this extremely informative episode, consider how you connect with food.If you have a question you need answered or a topic you would like to hear on Bermuda Health-Abets email [email protected]. To listen to upcoming segments of Bermuda Health-Abets you can find us on Facebook , on our YouTube Chanel @DepartmentofHealthBermuda Like and subscribe to the page, on Apple Podcast, Spotify or on the HealthyPeople Bda phone App (download the App on Apple Store of Google Play store).Thank you for listeningEmpowering, Informing  and Motivating Bermuda Residents to Live Well