WASHINGTON, DC---WANDA will participate at the USDA Farmers Market in celebration of National Farmers Market Week on Friday, August 12th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM located outside the USDA Headquarters on the corner of Independence Avenue and 12th St, S.W., Washington, DC 20250. “We are thrilled to share our educational programs and initiatives at the market with shoppers on August 12th in honor of National Farmers Market Week,” says Tambra Stevenson, CEO of WANDA. “Farmers’ mark

WASHINGTON, DC - Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA) is partnering with Springhill Company, Picture Motion, and Door Dash to host a virtual Sisterhood Supper with Recipe for Change: Amplifying Black Women on Sunday, August 14th at 5:30pm ET. Recipe for Change is a groundbreaking series produced by LeBron James’ the SpringHill Company for YouTube Originals. Each episode of Recipe for Change centers around the stories of a different community, celebratin

What do Black women think about leading in the food system? At WANDA's Sisterhood Supper: Juneteenth Celebration, we asked Black women in Washington, DC, where food apartheid is present like many cities across America. This listening session was part of Sisterhood Supper series held in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Boston, and Los Angeles to prepare the policy report for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. "It's very important that Black women lead in the foo

WASHINGTON, DC (June 16, 2022) – Kicking off Juneteenth weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a proclamation declaring the week of June 19 – 25 as the inaugural WANDA Week. As recognized in the Proclamation: “WANDA honors the rich agriculture and culinary contributions of women and girls of African descent who have been hidden figures in shaping our food systems.” WANDA is short for Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture. “I am thrilled that the proclamation was is

WASHINGTON, DC - What are the voices of food freedom? Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA), a DC-based nonprofit organization, amplifies the voices of Black women and girls leading in the food system in this premiere video release prior to its Sisterhood Supper: #Juneteenth Celebration kicking off WANDA Week. Juneteenth represents not just emancipation of Black bodies and minds but also from colonized cuisines that have robbed our generational health. “

WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, June 10, 2022, Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture participated in a community roundtable hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Reinvestment Fund, and Market 7 at its new location under development in Ward 7. Chaired by USDA’s Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small, she announced $22.6 million in funded applications for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which improves access to healthy foods in u

WASHINGTON, DC –Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture (WANDA) fully supports the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Later this year in September, the White House will hold the Conference as part of an effort to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030. The Conference will focus on addressing five main issues: ending hunger, improving nutrition, improving physical activity, reducing diet-related illnes

Washington, DC, June 6, 2022 (Updated June 16) - What does freedom taste like during Juneteenth? Find out at the Sisterhood Supper which returns on June 18th to honor local women leaders who are empowering their families and communities one meal at a time in Washington, D.C. Enjoy the Juneteenth Menu catered by Ward 8 own's Chef Aria and Plum Good with Ghanaian styled Chicken, Jollof rice, Plantains, Kale salad, Watermelon salad, Black-eyed pea salad, Hibiscus, ginger lemonad