Food Tank, in partnership with The George Washington University, is excited to announce the 1st Annual Food Tank Summit on January 21st and 22nd, 2015 in Washington, D.C.!
This two-day event will be held in the Jack Morton Auditorium (former home to CNN’s Crossfire) and feature more than 75 different expert speakers from the food and agriculture field.
Researchers, farmers, chefs, policy makers, government officials, and students will come together for interactive panels on topics including; urban agriculture, workers in the food system, food waste, family farmers creating resilience in the food system, true cost accounting, democratizing innovation, and much more.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. For those unable to attend in person, the entire event will be offered for free via livestream, REGISTER NOW. Or BUY tickets to Food Tank’s 2nd Anniversary Celebration on January 21st at 5:30PM EST at Farmers Fishers Bakers. Tickets will SELL OUT fast!
Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of Sustainability at The George Washington University, will kick off the conference with a keynote speech. “I’ve talked with thousands of women in agriculture – from young women thinking about entering farming to older women who have been tilling the soil for decades. Each of their stories is powerful on its own. But taken together, they have been an inspiration to the entire country,” said Merrigan. The Food Tank Summit will bring these stories and more to center stage at GW University this January.
This two-day experience will feature dynamic discussions with participants from around the world!
The exciting line-up of speakers in alphabetical order includes (many more will be added — stay tuned):
Allison Aubrey, National Public Radio
Che Axum, University of the District of Columbia
David Aylward, Ashoka
Eliza Barclay, National Public Radio
Patricia Beneke, United Nations Environment Programme
Laurie Benson, 1% for Women
Jane Black, Washington Post
Jonathan Bloom, American Wasteland & Wasted Food
Diane Brady, Bloomberg
Joshua Brau, Chipotle
Steve Brescia, Groundswell International
Emily Broad Leib, Harvard Law School
John Buchanan, Conservation International
Haley Burns, GWU Student
Katie Campbell, ActionAid
Mary Cheh, Ward 3 Washington D.C. Councilmember
Mike Curtin, DC Central Kitchen and the Campus Kitchens Project
Scott Davis, Panera Bread
Mia Dell, United Food and Commercial Workers
Dennis Dimick, National Geographic
Helen Dombalis, National Farm to School Network
Diana Donlon, Center for Food Safety
Barbara Ekwall, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Debra Eschmeyer, FoodCorps
Jordan Figueiredo, Feeding the 5000 Oakland
John Fisk, Winrock International
Sam Fromartz, Food and Environmental Reporting Network
Jerry Glover, National Geographic
Chandler Goule, National Farmers Union
Ellen Gustafson, 30 Project
Brian Halweil, Edible Manhattan
Eric Hansen, The National Young Farmers Coalition
Karen Hansen-Kuhn, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch
Pamela Hess, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture
Erik Hoffner, Orion Magazine
Patrick Holden, Sustainable Food Trust
Jason Huffman, Politico
Jill Isenbarger, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Saru Jayaraman, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Nabeeha Kazi, Humanitas Global
Ivy Ken, GWU Urban Sustainability
Diane Knapp, The George Washington University
Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute
Brian Lipinski, World Resources Institute
Jeremiah Lowery, Restaurant Opportunities Center of Washington DC
Richard McCarthy, Slow Food USA
Tom McDougall, 4P Foods
Aaron McNevin, World Wildlife Fund
Kathleen Merrigan, GWU Institute for Sustainability
Morgan Morris, Love and Carrots
Pete Myers, Environmental Health Sciences
Brad Nelson, Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank: The Food Think Tank
Michael Nischan, Wholesome Wave
Jose Oliva, Food Chain Workers Alliance
Kathy Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition/Via Campesina
Melissa Perry, The George Washington University
Thomas Pesek, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Representative Chellie Pingree, (D – ME)
Nora Pouillon, Restaurant Nora
Bernie Prince, FRESHFARM Markets
Vicky Rateau, Oxfam America
Daniel Reed, Planet Forward
Vicki Robin, Author, Blessing the Hands that Feed Us
Jessica Rosen, Forum for the Future
Sara Scherr, EcoAgriculture Partners
Frank Sesno, Planet Forward
Paul Shapiro, The Humane Society of the United States
Liz Shuler, National AFL-CIO
Ben Simon, Food Recovery Network
Coach Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute
Roger Thurow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Baldemar Velasquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Jeanne von Zastrow, Food Marketing Institute
Paul Willis, Farmer
Jenn Yates, Union of Concerned Scientists
Can’t make it to D.C? The event will also be available via live-stream, REGISTER HERE!
