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The Future of Food is an event series built to create interactive, memorable, and meaningful experiences that both inspire and educate the public about their influence as food consumers, and provide measurable benefits to our partners and supporters.
Joined by the universal need for food security, we bring together communities from around the world who were previously siloed by political divides, business sectors, and socioeconomic realities.
Together we strive with our partners and sponsors to make The Future of Food the most accessible, diverse, and innovative event focused on future food systems in the world in order to foster collaboration that creates real social impact, both locally and globally.
If you are interested in getting involved with The Future of Food, please follow the link below to fill out our collaboration form. We will get back to you as soon as possible!
The event will bring together a diverse group of experts, leaders, and visionaries challenging us to think about how our food and agricultural systems will need to adapt to new pressures, and what technologies and innovations will help us feed the world while combating climate change and conserving the earth’s precious natural resources.
The experience is free and open to the public from March 10-11, but RSVP is required. Follow the link below to reserve a free spot.
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The Future of Food is packed with all kinds of activities led by our partner nonprofits and community leaders, each one focused on creating a better food future.
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Our mission is to educate and empower communities, both locally and globally, to support and promote the use of insects for food and feed as an environmentally sound and economically viable source of nutrition.
Our mission is to be the leading food services group that provides fresh, healthy meals for food-insecure and nutritionally challenged communities. The Cook’s Nook believes everyone deserves access to nutritious and delicious meals, given the impact of food security on overall health.
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Meetup hosted by Marc Nathan, Founder, TX Squared
Founder & Publisher, Texas Squared Startup Newsletter
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Exploring New (and old) flavors in Alternative & Innovative Foods; Tastings + Roundtable Drawing on the Past to feed the Future (30min) Moderator: Chloe Sorvino, Journalist, Forbes; Christina Dorr Drake, Founder, Willa’s Oat Milk; Saloni Shah, Food & Agriculture Analyst, The Breakthrough Institute; Shelby Smith, Founder, Gym-N-Eat Crickets; Andrew Carter, Co-Founder, Smallhold
Co-Founder & CEO at Smallhold
Food & Agriculture Analyst, The Breakthrough Institute
Co-Founder & CEO, Willa's Oat Milk
Food and Agriculture Staff Writer, Forbes Magazine
Founder, Gym-N-Eat Crickets
9:35 am - 10:05 am
Better eating through Science (30min) Moderator: Chloe Sorvino, Journalist, Forbes; Dr. Natalie Rubio, Tufts University; Lejjy Gafour, President, CULT Food Sciences ; Caroline Bushnell, VP Corporate Engagement, Good Food Institute ; JJ Kass, VP Business Development & Strategy, Next Gen Foods
BD & Strategy at Next Gen Foods and TiNDLE
PresidentPresident, CULT Food Science
Cellular Agriculture Scientist, Tufts University
Food and Agriculture Staff Writer, Forbes Magazine
VP Corporate Engagement, Good Food Institute
10:10 am - 10:30 am
Fireside Foodies (20min) Jenét DeCosta, Chief of Staff, Driscoll’s speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
Chief of Staff, Driscoll’s
Founder, Food Tank
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Fireside Foodies (20min) Vishaal Bhuyan, CEO, Aanika Biosciences speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank with
CEO, Aanika Biosciences
Founder, Food Tank
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Roundtable (40min) Moderator: Chloe Sorvino, Journalist, Forbes; Carrie Kuball, VP Sales & Marketing, Enviroflight; Shakara Maggitt, Entomologist, Texas State; Anne Carlson, Founder, Jiminys for Pets; Wesley Cooper, Founder, Neobites; Haley Russell, Founder, Chippin
Founder, Neobites
Entomologist and Research Technician, Texas State University
Vice President Sales and Marketing, EnviroFlight
Founder & CEO, Chippin
Food and Agriculture Staff Writer, Forbes Magazine
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Headliner Roundtable (50min) Moderator: Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, We Don’t Have Time US; Seth Grae, CEO, Lightbridge; Vijay Sekhara, Director of Partnerships, MassChallenge; Brigette Wolf, VP, Global Head of SnackFutures, Mondelez International; Shayna Harris, Supply Change Capital
VP, Global Head of SnackFutures, Mondelez International
Director of Partnerships, MassChallenge
CEO, Lightbridge Corporation
President, US Operations & Executive Board Member, We Don't Have Time
Managing Partner, Supply Change Capital
12:20 pm - 12:45 pm
Fireside Foodies (20min) Jacob Pechenik, Lettuce Grow and the Farm Project speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
Co-Founder, Lettuce Grow and The Farm Project
Founder, Food Tank
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
Fireside Foodies (20min) Julie Kunen, Director of Sustainability, Oatly North America speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
Director of Sustainability, Oatly North America
Founder, Food Tank
1:10 pm - 1:35 pm
Fireside Foodies (20min) Jim Hightower, Journalist & Commentator and Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
Author, Commentator and Activist
Founder, Food Tank
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm
Roundtable Discussion (50min) Hosted by Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) on the topics of Halal, Consumer Education, and Ethical Supply Chains. Speakers include Dr. Muhammad Munir Chaudry, President and CEO, IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America); Dr. Mian Nadeem Riaz, Professor of Food Diversity, Nutrition and Food Science Department, Texas A&M; Jack Acree, Executive Vice President, Saffron Road; Denise Osterhues, Sr. Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co; Chef Andrew Zimmern, Founder & CEO, Intuitive Content; Moderator: Dr. Sweta Chakraborty
Executive Vice President, Saffron Road
Professor of Food Diversity, Nutrition and Food Science Department, Texas A&M
President, IFANCA
President, US Operations & Executive Board Member, We Don't Have Time
Sr. Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co
Ambassador of UN World Food Programme
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm
Fireside Foodies (40min) Andrew Zimmern speaks with Danielle Nierenberg Founder, Food Tank
Founder, Food Tank
Ambassador of UN World Food Programme
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Headliner Roundtable Discussion (50min) Tackling “the world’s dumbest problem,” is easier said than done; food-recovery + up-cycling Moderator: Alexina Cather, James Beard Foundation; Denise Osterhues, ZHZW Foundation; Emily Ma, Head, Food for Good at Google; Yoni Medhin, CoFounder, Grain4Grain; Niyeti Shah, MPH, Social Impact Program Manager, WW
Director of Policy Advocacy and Sustainability, The James Beard Foundation
Head, Food for Good at Google
Co-Founder and CEO, Grain4Grain
Sr. Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Panel discussion moderated by Alexina Cather, James Beard Foundation with Niyeti Shah, MPH, Social Impact Program Manager, WW, The Healthy Living Coalition; Katy Franklin, Operations Director, ReFed; Carissa Campeotto, Co-Founder & CMO, Trendi
Social Impact Program Manager, WW (formerly Weight Watchers)
Director of Policy Advocacy and Sustainability, The James Beard Foundation
Operations Director, ReFED
Co-founder and CMO, Trendi
4:15 pm - 4:40 pm
Panel discussion moderated by Alexina Cather, James Beard Foundation; Niyanta Spelman (Rainforest Partnership); Joshua Diskin (Maxene's Microgreens); Snehee Chaplot (The Food Shop)
CEO, Rainforest Partnership
Co-Founder, Maxene’s Microgreens
Director of Policy Advocacy and Sustainability, The James Beard Foundation
Entrepreneur, Innovator, Food Safety Scientist
4:40 pm - 5:05 pm
Feeding our community: the Austin City Food Plan, and what it means for food-systems planning in Central Texas. Panel discussion moderated by Joi Chevalier, Founder, The Cook’s Nook with Amanda Rohlich, Food Policy Advisor, City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability; Natasha Harper-Madison, City Council Member District 1, City of Austin; Vanessa Fuentes, City Council Member District 2, City of Austin
CEO, Rainforest Partnership
City Council Member District 1, City of Austin
Food Policy Advisor at City of Austin, Office of Sustainability
Founder, The Cook’s Nook
5:05 pm - 5:30 pm
Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) + SEC; how new changes will impact food businesses, large and small Panel discussion moderated by Emily Payne, Food Tank Elisa Sepulveda, Entrepreneur in Residence, MATH Venture Partners; Jillian Semaan, VP of Sustainability, Ketchum; Claire England, Partner, Food and AgTech Fund, Portfolia
Entrepreneur In Residence, MATH Venture Partners
Partner, Portfolia Food & AgTech Fund
VP of Sustainability, Ketchum
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Panel discumoderatoed by Rick Whitted, President & CEO, US Hunger; Ezekiel Brooks, CTO (Chief Technology Officer), US Hunger; Winston Chiu, Founder & CEO, FeedForward; Lory Nunez, Senior Data Scientist for Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase
AI Engineering and Product Development, JPMorgan Chase
Founder & CEO, Feed Forward
Chief Technology Office, U.S. Hunger
President & Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Hunger
6:15 pm - 6:40 pm
Panel discussion moderated by Alexina Cather, James Beard Foundation; Co-moderator: Florina Gobel, Deep Space Food Challenge; Joseph Yoon, Brooklyn Bugs; Mackenze McAleer; Dane Gobel
Communications Director, Methuselah Foundation and Deep Space Food Challenge
Director of Policy Advocacy and Sustainability, The James Beard Foundation
Edible Insect Ambassador, Brooklyn Bugs
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Join Chris Carr, Co-founder of Black Land Ownership in a short presentation.
Co-founder, Black Land Ownership
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm
Thank you for joining us for this amazing day!
Founder, Little Herds
Founder, The Cook’s Nook
Founder, Food Tank
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Join us for coffee and breakfast tacos before the fun starts!
8:45 am - 9:05 am
Morning Coffee Chat (20min) Jennifer A. Gregg, VP Operations, Vital Farms; Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
VP Operations, Vital Farms
Founder, Food Tank
9:05 am - 9:45 am
Roundtable Discussion (40min) Moderator - Anne Greven, Global Head, FoodBytes!; Shayna Harris, Managing Partner, Supply Change Capital; Perteet Spencer, Co-Founder, Ayo Foods; Kayalin Akens-Irby, Chief of Staff, Planet FWD
Chief of Staff, Planet FWD
Managing Partner, Supply Change Capital
Co-Founder, AYO Foods
Global Head of Innovation, FoodBytes! by Rabobank
9:50 am - 10:30 am
Breakfast Discussion (40min) Moderator: Natalie Bryne, Blank Space; Denise Osterhues, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation; Maricel Saenz, Founder, Compound Foods; Michelle Ruiz, Founder, Hyfé Foods; Jasmine Crowe, Founder, Goodr Co.; Carissa Campeotto, Cofounder, Trendi
Founder, blank space
Co-founder and CMO, Trendi
Founder & CEO, Goodr
Co-Founder, Hyfé Food
Founder, Compound Foods
Sr. Director, Sustainability & Social Impact, The Kroger Co
10:35 am - 11:15 am
Roundtable Conversation (40min) Moderator: Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank; Sam Kass, Investor & strategist for healthier climate smart food; Tiffany Derry, Celebrity Chef Restaurateur ; Justin Kamine, Founder, DoGoodFoods
Celebrity Chef Restaurateur
Co-Founder, Do Good Foods
Chief Strategy Officer, Do Good Foods
Founder, Food Tank
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Fireside Chat (20min) Adrian Grenier, Goodwill Ambassador for UNEP North America speaks with Danielle Nierenberg, Founder, Food Tank
Founder, Food Tank
Goodwill Ambassador for UNEP North America
11:40 am - 12:30 pm
Headliner Fireside Chat:Food Tech meets food (50min) Arlan Hamilton, Founder, HireRunner speaks with Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, President, We Don’t Have Time US
President, US Operations & Executive Board Member, We Don't Have Time
Founder & Managing Partner, Backstage Capital
12:35 pm - 1:00 pm
Moderator: Chef Joseph Yoon, Founder, Brooklyn Bugs (Insect Cuisine); JJ Kass, TiNDLE (plant-based chicken-alternative); and Sarah Schlafly, founder, Mighty Cricket (abstracted insect ingredients), and Trisha Bates & Lindsey Sokol co-founders of Field Guide Festival
Co-founder, Field Guide Festival
Co-founder, Field Guide Festival
BD & Strategy at Next Gen Foods and TiNDLE
Founder, Mighty Cricket
Edible Insect Ambassador, Brooklyn Bugs
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
From 1-5pm on March 12th is the Conference on Food Resilience, Access and Equity (CFRAE) at SXSW 2022.
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Panelists include: Joi Chevalier, Founder & CEO, The Cook’s Nook; Edward Benote Hill, Executive Director, The Collaboratory; Adrian Lipscombe, Founder, 40 Acres Project; David Thomas, Executive Chef / Partner, H3irloom Food Group; Tonya Thomas, Executive Pastry Chef / Partner, H3irloom Food Group
Exec Chef/Partner, H3irloom Food Group
Heirloom Food Group DKT, LLC
Executive Director, Culinary Collaboratory, blackfoodnw.org, EcoDistricts AP
Founder, 40 Acres Project
Founder, The Cook’s Nook
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Panelists include: Ashton Cumberbatch, Executive Director, Equidad ATX; Lisa Barden, Executive Director, Keep Austin Fed; Andrea Abel, Executive Director, Farmshare Austin; Moderator: Kacey Hanson, Program Manager, UT-Dell Medical Center
Executive Director, Keep Austin Fed
Executive Director, Farmshare Austin
Program ManagerProgram Manager Dell Medical School
President & Co-founder,Equidad ATX
3:00 pm - 3:55 pm
Panelists include: Phyllis Everette, Founder & Executive Director, Saffron Women’s Trust; Dr. Rosamaria Murillo, Executive Director, El Buen Samaritano ; Kate Taylor, Director of Community, Center for Survivors of Torture; Moderator: Dr Karen Magid, Huston-Tillotson University
Director of Community, Center for Survivors of Torture
Executive Director, El Buen Samaritano
CEO /Founder, Saffron Trust Women's Foundation
Special Assistant to the President & Director of Sustainability and STEM, Huston-Tillotson University
4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
Panelists include: Karen Washington, Owner, Rise and Root Farm; Jane Taylor, Owner, Green Thumb Farming; Tiffany Washington, Owner, Dobbin-Kauv Garden Farm; Moderator: Adrian Lipscombe, 40 Acres Project and Muloma, Austin TX
Owner, Dobbin-Kauv Garden Farm
Owner, Green Thumb Farming
Founder, 40 Acres Project
Co-owner/Farmer, Rise & Root Farm
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
The Pitch Practice session will be led by Shondra Washington, CoFounder, TBC-Capital and Harold Hughes, Founder, Bandwagon
Founder & CEO, Bandwagon
Co-founder, TBC-Capital
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
The last 45 minutes will include reflection, celebration, closing remarks, networking, and mingling!
Including the Conference on Food Resilience, Access & Equity:
March 12 at The SXSW Center
Join us in person for free (with registration) at the SXSW Center located at 1400 Lavaca st, Austin, TX 78701. Street parking available. All events will also be streamed online.
Follow the link below to check out last year’s event and watch recap videos.
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Registration for The Future of Food at SXSW is now open. Follow the link below to reserve yourself a FREE spot for 2023!
