A segment of Kansas City Public Television’s Imagine KC
series featuring interviews with Gretchen Kunkel of KC Healthy Kids and Beth
Low of Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition and a feature on the Grown in
Ivanhoe project, has been nominated for a Mid-America Emmy Award.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid America Regional Chapter Emmy awards ceremony will be held at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. Sat., Sept. 22. In all, KCPT earned nine nominations, including this Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program/Special nomination.
Titled Building Healthy, Local Food Systems, the
nominated episode is part of the 12-part Imagine KC series, co-produced
by KCPT and the Mid America Regional Council, to raise awareness of strategies
to promote a vibrant, connected, and green future for Kansas City. The episode
originally aired June 30, 2011. To watch and read more about the episode
visit http://www.imaginekc.org/Episodes/episode5.asp.
“We are excited to learn that this segment has been
nominated for an Emmy,” Kunkel said. “We believe the episode illustrates
clearly how building a strong, local food system in Kansas City is important
for our collective health, our environment, and our local economy.”
The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition advocates for a strong local food system, which provides healthy, sustainable and accessible foods which build a spirit of cooperation among all food system components. To learn more visit www.kcfoodpolicy.org.
For more information on the Emmys visit http://emmymid-america.org/.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid America Regional Chapter Emmy awards ceremony will be held at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. Sat., Sept. 22. In all, KCPT earned nine nominations, including this Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program/Special nomination.
Urban farming is featured in the first segment before the
show turns to improving access in food deserts and shows the Ivanhoe
Neighborhood Center, one of the neighborhoods KC Healthy Kids is actively
involved with.
In-studio interviews are conducted with Kunkel, the president
of KC Healthy Kids and Low, the director of the GKCFPC. The two discuss
the importance of changing food policies to promote sustainable, better,
healthier eating in greater Kansas City. The episode concludes with a look at
schoolyard gardens.
KC Healthy Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
reducing obesity and improving the health of Greater Kansas City’s
children. To learn more visit www.KCHealthyKids.org.
The Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition advocates for a strong local food system, which provides healthy, sustainable and accessible foods which build a spirit of cooperation among all food system components. To learn more visit www.kcfoodpolicy.org.
For more information on the Emmys visit http://emmymid-america.org/.
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