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Aspen Institute
Conversations on Food Justice: Innovations in Food Justice & Equity
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Now more than ever before, our food systems are being tested. Political and economic fallout from the pandemic and the accelerating pace of climate change have only worsened some of our most pressing and intractable challenges related to production and distribution of food and resources across the globe.Data-informed innovation is unlocking some of our most complex challenges around food—from improving infrastructure and access to basic technology, to creating more equitable and efficient supply changes, and transforming agriculture. Communities are also thinking differently about how and why people experience food insecurity, driving forward new solutions to problems we once thought were unsolvable.In this conversation, we’ll explore how innovators are changing the ways we produce, access, and share food.Our panelists include:
Francesca Costa, Director of Food Assistance at Code for America
Lillian Singh, Senior Vice President of Family Economic Mobility, Share Our Strength (moderator)
Now more than ever before, our food systems are being tested. Political and economic fallout from the pandemic and the accelerating pace of climate change have only worsened some of our most pressing and intractable challenges related to production and distribution of food and resources across the globe.Data-informed innovation is unlocking some of our most complex challenges around food—from improving infrastructure and access to basic technology, to creating more equitable and efficient supply changes, and transforming agriculture. Communities are also thinking differently about how and why people experience food insecurity, driving forward new solutions to problems we once thought were unsolvable.In this conversation, we’ll explore how innovators are changing the ways we produce, access, and share food.Our panelists include:
Francesca Costa, Director of Food Assistance at Code for America
In “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket,” author Benjamin Lorr traces the history and evolution of the modern-day supermarket, exposes the grocery supply chain, and reveals the often exploited and underpaid labor that goes into making sure shelves are stocked.
MARCH 15, 2023 – A discussion of the “all-tools” approach to disrupting digital threats, and how the U.S. government uses investment strategy, trade policy, prosecutions, and export controls to address threats to national security.
Now more than ever before, our food systems are being tested. Political and economic fallout from the pandemic and the accelerating pace of climate change have only worsened some of our most pressing and intractable challenges related to production and distribution of food and resources across the globe.Data-informed innovation is unlocking some of our most complex challenges around food—from improving infrastructure and access to basic technology, to creating more equitable and efficient supply changes, and transforming agriculture. Communities are also thinking differently about how and why people experience food insecurity, driving forward new solutions to problems we once thought were unsolvable.In this conversation, we’ll explore how innovators are changing the ways we produce, access, and share food.Our panelists include:
