# Program ## expand\_more Share your thoughts and feedback, and continue the conversation on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HarvardWCFIA): **\#GlobalFoodPlus** The conference will also be broadcast live on the [Weatherhead Center Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA) page. ### Friday, February 24, 2017 12:30–4:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. | Opening Remarks **William C. Clark**, *Faculty Associate*. Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School. 12:40–12:48 p.m. | "From Pinot to Xinomavro: The World's Future Winegrowing Regions" **Elizabeth M. Wolkovich**, Assistant Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology; Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 12:48–12:56 p.m. | "Poverty, Progress and Puzzles in African Agriculture" **Chris Barrett**, SB&JG Ashley Professor of Applied Economics, Cornell University. 12:56–1:04 p.m. | "Blending the Rigor of Science with the Innovation of Business to Reverse the Trend of Childhood Obesity" **Christina Economos**, Director, ChildObesity180; Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. 1:04–1:12 p.m. | "Key Issues in Sustainable Food Security" **Dennis McLaughlin**, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor of Water Resources Management, MIT. 1:12–1:20 p.m. | "Innovation as Activism: The Case of Veganism in the United States, France, and Israel" **Nina Gheihman**, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University. 1:20–1:28 p.m. | "Mercury in Rice: Impacts on Food Security in China" **Sae Yun Kwon**, Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1:28–1:36 p.m. | "How Industrialized Animals Remake People and Places" **Alex Blanchette**, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Tufts University. 1:36–1:44 p.m. | "Digging Up Dinner: Gastronomical Archaeology" **Mary C. Beaudry**, Professor of Archaeology & Gastronomy, Boston University. 1:44–1:52 p.m. | "Cropland Productivity Growth: Environmental Impacts and Consequences for Food Security" **Nathan D. Mueller**, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. 1:52–2:00 p.m. | "Food Waste" **Norbert L. W. Wilson**, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. 2:00–2:08 p.m. | "Crop Production and Irrigation Water Demand In Africa In a Changing and Uncertain Climate" **Amy Dale**, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2:08–2:16 p.m. | "Environmental History: Utopias and Dystopias in the Nile's Endorheic Food Future" **James McCann**, Professor of History, Boston University. 2:16–2:24 p.m. | "Impacts of Environmental Change on Contaminants in Seafood" **Elsie Sunderland**, Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University. 2:24–2:32 p.m. | "The Role of Supply Chains In Agricultural Conservation and Development" **Rachael Garrett**, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University. 2:32–2:40 p.m. | "Why Food Stamps are in the Farm Bill. Should They Stay There?" **Christopher Bosso**, Professor of Public Policy and Politics, Northeastern University. 2:40–2:48 p.m. | "Low Cost, Paper-Based Devices Enable Quality Assurance of Premixed Cereals" **Charles Mace**, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Tufts University. 2:48–2:56 p.m. | "Threats to Food Security in Southern Africa: Energy-Environment-Economics" **Ken Strzepek**, Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Adjunct Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER; Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder. 2:56–3:04 p.m. | "The 1960s Origins of the American Farm Bill" **Sarah T. Phillips**, Associate Professor of History, Boston University. 3:04–3:12 p.m. | "what2avoid2.0" **Gidon Eshel**, Research Professor of Environmental Physics, Bard College. 3:12–3:20 p.m. | "Achieving Food Security in a Changing Climate" **Meredith Niles**, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont. 3:20–3:28 p.m. | "Why We Grow GMOs for Animals, but Not People" **Robert Paarlberg**, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. 3:28–3:36 p.m. | "Overcoming Water and Food Insecurity" **Chandra A. Madramootoo**, Visiting Scholar, JWAFS Lab; Visiting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 3:36–3:44 p.m. | "Seasonal Agricultural Markets" **B. Kelsey Jack**, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tufts University. 3:44–3:52 p.m. | "Multiple Breadbasket Failure" **Anthony Janetos**, Director, Pardee Center, Boston University. 3:52–4:00 p.m. | Keynote Introduction **Will Masters**, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; Department of Economics, Tufts University. 4:00–4:30 p.m. | Keynote Address **Shenggen Fan**, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute. ## Conference Details [### Speakers ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/speakers) There are twenty-four presenters at Global Food+ 2017, and they hail from eight schools across the northeastern United States: Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern, Boston University, Tufts, Cornell, Bard, and the University of... ![line divider](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/wcfia/files/gray-line-divider1px.gif?itok=WjyEp91-) [### Partners ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/partners) We are grateful to the following Boston-area partners for their contributions to the Global Food+ 2017 conference: Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Center for the Environment Massachusetts Institute of Technology... description ## Social Media ### ![Watch live on the WCFIA Facebook page](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/wcfia/files/fb.png?itok=0ylUIUik) [Watch Live!](https://www.facebook.com/WCFIA/) ### ![@HarvardWCFIA](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/wcfia/files/twitter2.png?itok=KnB9Y8k3) [\#GlobalFoodPlus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalFoodPlus?src=hash) ## Download Poster ![Image of Global Food + 2017 Poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wcfia/files/letterposterimageforwebsite300.jpg?itok=bIfbbXQo) [Download 8.5x11 Poster](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/foodplus2017_poster_letter_final_lowres.pdf) [Download 11x17 Poster](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/foodplus2017_poster_tabloid_final_lowres.pdf) ## Event Information February 24, 2017 12:30PM–4:30PM Harvard University CGIS South Building 1730 Cambridge Street Tsai Auditorium (S010) [​​​​​​​Event Listing](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/special-event-food-plus-symposium-02-24-2017)​​​​​​​ ## Contact **Sarah Banse** *Events Manager.* 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K217 Cambridge, MA 02138 \[ [Map](http://goo.gl/maps/GxyRd) \] p: (617) 495-9006 f: (617) 495-8292