Hunger Free 2050 Videos
Educational videos from the Wedges Against Global Hunger in 2050 Conference.
Welcome Intro
Norman Ellstrand, Director of CAFÉ, and Distinguished Professor of Genetics at University of California, Riverside and Richard Conlin, Conference Facilitator, introduces the purpose of this conference.
Keynote Speaker: Timothy Searchinger
Timothy Searchinger, a research scholar at Princeton University, discusses the different methods and solutions necessary to feed 9 billion people by 2050.
Robert Horsch
Robert Horsche discusses equity and innovation in their ability to reduce poverty while also creating room for innovation. He believes equity can be seen as the center for decreasing poverty as equity is not just money, but a structural element in the aid of innovation to produce great outcomes.
Rachel Surls
Rachel Surls is a Sustainable Food Systems Advisor for University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County, part of UC’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In her lecture, she discusses the benefits, challenges, and resources within urban agriculture in California today.
Andy Knowlton
Andy Knowlton works with, Feeding America, a company catered towards creating sustainable food banks. Feeding America is partnered with over 200 food banks connecting itself to 46 million Americans each year through 60,000 food pantries across the country.
Session 1 Panel Discussion with Q&A
Panel Discussion from Session 1 with Timothy Searchinger, Robert Horsch, Rachel Surls, and Andy Knowlton
Goggy Davidowitz
Goggy Davidowitz is a professor of entomology in the University of Arizona. He addresses food insecurity for 9 billion people in the year 2050 by proposing edible insects as an alternative protein. He discusses all the benefits and details of making this change.
Rebekah Moses
Rebekah Moses is the Senior Sustainability Manager at Impossible Foods. She discusses the environmental degradation that we are currently undertaking due to the way in which we manufacture beef. She explains the ways in which the Impossible Burger is more sustainable.
Olivia Sanchez
Olivia Sanchez discusses the Riverside Solid Waste: Food Rescue and Ambassador Certification Program. Sanchez focuses on food rescue and waste recycle by promoting neighborhood led projects.
Anthony Shelton
Anthony Shelton is a Professor of Entomology and Associate Director of International Agricultural Programs at Cornell University. He discusses Bacillus Thuringiensis as an alternative for insecticide, and the benefits of it. He tells us how it has made a difference in the lives of Bangladesh farmers, consumers and the environment.
Session 2 Panel Discussion with Q&A
Panel Discussion from Session 2 with Goggy Davidowitz, Rebekah Moses, Olivia Sanchez, and Anthony Shelton
Christopher Gardner
Christopher Gardner is the Director of Nutrition Studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. By altering our diets through variations of the protein shift, Christopher Gardner pushes for the belief in substantial room to eat less protein and shift to a higher proportion of plant protein for human health and for the sustainability of the environment.
Robert Valgenti
Robert Valgenti is the Project Coordinator of E.A.T (Engage, Analyze, Transform) Research Group, Board member of Menus of Change Research Collaborative (MCRC), Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College.
Susan Wessler
Susan Wessler, is the Neil and Rochelle Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovation in Science Education, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Home Secretary, US National Academy of Sciences. She believes the future of the life sciences in the United States is at great risk being one of the oldest and least diverse fields of study in the nationwide workforce.
Raoul Adamchak
Raoul Adamchak is the Farm Manager at UC Davis Student Farm and co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food. Adamchak argues how sustainable agriculture must implement organic thinking in order to reduce agricultural erosion, pesticides, and pollution will aid the methods necessary to feed 9 billion people by 2050.
Session 3 Panel Discussion with Q&A
Panel Discussion from Session 3 with Christopher Gardner, Robert Valgenti, Susan Wessler, and Raoul Adamchak.
Workshop Reports & Recommendations
Topics: National Priority to Train, Alternative Proteins, Education, Picking a Venue in Population.
Closing Keynote: Glenda Humiston
Glenda Humiston, Vice President of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of California
