Mónica Ramírez | “Seeding Justice: Ensuring Just Conditions for Those Who Feed the World”
Food Literacy for All
“Setting the Table for Food Literacy for All: Discovering Multiple Paths for Food Systems Change”
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) | “Importance of the Farm Bill”
Marketing Innovations in the Michigan Food System | Panel Discussion
Rachel Bair, Director for Sustainable and Innovative Food Systems, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kami Pothukuchi, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State University
Kathy Sample, Co-founder, Argus Farm Stop
Jonathan Bloom “The Impact and Opportunity of Wasted Food”
From farm to fork, America squanders food at an alarming rate. In total, 40 percent of the available food supply is wasted. In a wide-ranging talk, Jonathan will discuss the underlying causes of U.S. food waste and the implications of this problem before focusing on the many solutions–both personal and society-wide.
“Food Policy and Health Outcomes” | Panel Discussion
Fernando Funes Monzote – “The Metaphor of the Well: Dilemmas for Sustainable Agriculture”
Kimberly Seals Allers – “First Food Justice: Building an Equitable Food System From Birth”
Chef Kabui – “Colonized Plate: A Tale of African Activism in the South”
Winona LaDuke – “Indigenous food sovereignty”
