The Future of Food: 2050
Hosted by Hon. Chellie Pingree
Welcome by Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest
5:00 p.m. Reception (Cannon House Office Building, Caucus Room)
6:15 p.m. (sharp) – 8:30 p.m. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
What will we be eating in the year 2050? How will that food be produced?
Where is the food movement going?
RSVP if you can join us, stay tuned for details, and get your crystal ball ready!
SCHEDULE
6:15 – Introduction: Dr. Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Founder of Food Day
6:30 – Panel on Diet and Food
Moderator: April Fulton, editor of NPR's The Salt blog
- Eric Meade, Vice President and Senior Futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures
- Dr. David L. Katz, Founding Director, Yale University's Prevention Research Center; Principal Inventor, NuVal® Nutritional Scoring System currently offered in over 1,600 supermarkets throughout the U.S.
- Andrea Thomas, SVP for sustainability, Walmart
7:30 – Panel on Agriculture
Moderator: Jane Black, food writer and former Washington Post food reporter
- Dr. Catherine Badgley, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
- A.G. Kawamura, farmer (Orange County Produce, LLC), former California Secretary of Agriculture
- Danielle Nierenberg, Director of the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet project
WHEN
October 24, 2012 at 5pm - 8pm
CONTACT
Food Day · · 202-777-8368
