5th NJ State of the Food System Summit
December 10, 2026
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
100 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Join food growers, advocates, and community leaders from across New Jersey at the NJ State of the Food System Summit. The focus of this year's summit is food system infrastructure, "New Jersey’s Food System at a Turning Point: Visioning & Building the Infrastructure for What’s Next."
Hosted by NJ Food Democracy Collaborative, together, we’ll look honestly at how food is grown, distributed, and accessed in our state, and share practical ways to support a healthier, more equitable food and farm system that connects producers of all sizes to diverse public and private market channels across the state.
Past Events
BRIDGING THE GAPS: COLLABORATIVE PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY IN NEW JERSEY
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Location: Great Hall, 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
This symposium, hosted by the REACH Population Health Table, will explore innovative, community-engaged strategies, and foster collaboration across New Jersey to create long-term change in our communities. Speakers, including community leaders and researchers, will provide actionable recommendations for advancing health equity, enhancing collaboration, and guiding the implementation and evaluation of health policies that effectively target and reduce health inequities.
POVERTY | EQUITY | INFLUENCING FACTORS:
A REACH SYMPOSIUM
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Location(s): New Brunswick: Cook Student Center*, 59 Biel Road
Camden: Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn St.
Newark: Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
This symposium, hosted by REACH in partnership with our Employment Table, aims to engage the Rutgers community, our community partners, faculty from various academic institutions, funders, and policymakers in a candid conversation around poverty and its influencing factors. This day will also be a showcase of the work of REACH through our collaborative learning tables and our grantees. Sessions will feature panel discussions and presentations by Rutgers faculty and researchers, community leaders, and others that center around the key social determinants upon which REACH’s work is focused – education, employment, food access and food security, housing and population health – and their interconnectedness with racial justice, poverty and health.
