Global Food Systems Forum live webcast on April 9

Tell your friends and colleagues – Sign up to watch the Global Food Systems Forum live webcast on April 9

People from all over the world, including a group of 20 from Kenya, are signing up to watch our Global Food Systems Forum LIVE WEBCAST on April 9. If you’re a member of a group, listserv, organization or just have friends and family who might be interested in watching, please send them the message below.

See you all in two weeks!

UC Global Food Systems Forum to address challenges of feeding the world

April 9 event to be webcast live

The University of California, through its Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will convene some of the world’s leading experts April 9 at the Global Food Systems Forum to address how to sustainably feed 8 billion people by 2025.

The discussion will bring together people from a dynamic range of disciplines, including farmers, researchers, policymakers, economists, environmentalists and geopolitical experts and we invite you to view the event live by webcast and to join the Twitter conversation at #Food2025.

The daylong forum will feature two moderated panels and keynote addresses by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and president of the Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice, and Wes Jackson, founder and president of The Land Institute.

Michael Specter, global issues writer for The New Yorker magazine, will moderate the first panel, which will focus on the geopolitical, ethical, economic, environmental and technical challenges facing food systems from a global perspective. Award-winning author and journalist Mark Arax will moderate the second panel, which will address the implications, responsibilities and innovative opportunities from a California perspective.

The full list of panelists can be found at the event website.

“As a public research university, we’re a recognized leader in tackling the world’s toughest challenges,” said Barbara Allen-Diaz, UC vice president for agriculture and natural resources. “Building on our expertise in agriculture and finding practical, science-based solutions, it falls to us to convene these sorts of conversations and look far beyond the borders of our campuses. Only through discussions of this nature will people find the common ground to move the world forward on what is a compelling, complex and crucial issue.”

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Food forum at a glance

• WHAT:  Live webcast of UC Global Food Systems Forum
• WHO:  World-renowned leaders in food systems dialogue
• WHEN:  April 9, 2013 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m. PDT)
• WHERE:  Ontario, Calif., and live webcast (sign up to watch!)

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To learn more about the UC Global Food Systems Forum and sign up to view the webcast, visit http://food2025.ucanr.edu.

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