SAFE Team at OCLA Breastfest 2026

This year OLCA celebrated 40 years of it’s Breastfest conference. 40 years of educating and training the infant feeding specialists to help families with feeding their infants and young children.

SAFE Team member Tashery Risner gave a presentation on the effects of Hurricane Helene on infant and young children feeding in emergencies. The presentation highlighted how the SAFE team was created, and how we worked diligently through hurricane recovery in WNC to ensure all infants and young children and their families had access to safe feeding practices.