Field Reports
A Blueprint for The Blueprint: Crafting a Dynamic Toolkit for Collaborative Change in Oklahoma
Nick Battles,
Emerson Fellow
Published 2022-2023
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The numerous documents included within this toolkit establish the groundwork that will underpin a multi-year process to bring a statewide, multi-sector, long-term, cohesive, and collaborative anti-hunger project to fruition. Hunger Free Oklahoma (HFO) would serve as a backbone organization. Its goals are clear: identify and implement systemic solutions to end hunger in Oklahoma. This report provides a clear look, via internal and external input, at the purpose, challenges, opportunities, and next steps for HFO in this significant endeavor.
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Publication tags: Field Reports - Food Access
Nick is from Indianola, Iowa. As of May 2022, he is an alumnus of Iowa State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Global Resource Systems and Agriculture & Society (agricultural and rural policy studies), plus a minor study in Learning & Leadership Sciences. In 2017, he spent time interviewing farmers in rural India as a Borlaug-Ruan International Intern and, in 2019, collaborated with peers from around the world while studying at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Prior to joining the 29th class of Emerson Fellows, Nick worked as a Legislative Aide at the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), an opportunity made possible thanks to his initial stint at FRAC as a Zero Hunger Intern in the summer of 2021. Anti-hunger work has shaped much of Nick’s path for nearly a decade and he is thrilled to continue learning and leading as an Emerson Fellow.
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