FP Virtual Summit: Food+

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Solutions for a Food-Secure Future

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Tune in to Foreign Policy’s Food+ Summit, a high-level digital convening which spotlighted actions at the country and global level to combat hunger, support access to healthy nutrition and promote a more sustainable global food supply.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus existing challenges to food and nutrition security around the world while also revealing vulnerabilities in local and global food systems. According to the UNFAO, more than 820 million people across the world are already suffering from chronic hunger. In many countries, particularly in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, hunger and malnutrition have been on the rise for the past three years due to conflicts, climate change and worsening inequality. At the same time, the livelihoods of many communities and regional economies also depend on a global food system that is vulnerable to geopolitical and other external shocks: Market volatility, disruptions in international supply chains and trade can cause price spikes and hurt agriculture-based incomes.

As the coronavirus crisis continues to unfold, world leaders, industry experts and stakeholders share diverse views and frontline insights on how they’ve responded to the pandemic and the implications for agricultural resilience, food security, and food policy. What are the main threats and what opportunities or solutions are emerging in this crisis to ensure sustainable food supplies for the future?

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Speakers

Ravi Agrawal

Editor in Chief, FOREIGN POLICY
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Before joining FP, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade, including his most recent position as the network’s New...
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ravi agrawal

HE Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri

Minister of State for Food and Water Security Office, United Arab Emirates
Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri was appointed as Minister of State for Food and Water Security as part of the reformation of the UAE Cabinet announced o...
HE Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Al Muhairi
HE Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Al Muhairi

Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi, ICBA

Deputy Director General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
Dr. Tarifa A. Alzaabi joined ICBA as Deputy Director General in August 2019. She has 20 years of executive and leadership experience in higher education institutions, developing...
Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi
Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi

Massimo Bottura

Chef Patron of Osteria Francescana and Founder of Food for Soul
Massimo Bottura opened Osteria Francescana in Modena in 1995. An innovator and restaurateur for twenty-five years, in 2019 listed among Time magazine’s mo...
Massimo Bottura
Massimo Bottura

U.S. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos

D-Il
Born in Springfield, Illinois, Cheri Callahan Bustos comes from a long line of farmers and teachers and grew up in a family that loved sports and their community. She fol...
Cheri Bustos
Cheri Bustos

Allison Carlson

MANAGING DIRECTOR, FP ANALYTICS
Allison oversees all global research and analysis. She counsels clients on current and prospective market, policy, and security developments with a focus on emerging trends, sce...
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Allison_Carlson_FPVD

Ertharin Cousin

Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford
Ertharin Cousin is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment. She is also a distinguished fellow of global agriculture at the Chicago Council on Glo...
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Elizabeth Derbes, J.D., MPH

Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs, The Good Food Institute
Elizabeth works on global and domestic regulatory issues affecting cultivated meat and plant-based food entrepreneurs. She was previously a partner in a financial regulatory pra...
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Headshot-2019

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

D-NY
One of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s top priorities in the United States Senate is to rebuild the American economy. She is fighting every day for more ...
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand

Julia Klöckner

Minister of Agriculture, Germany
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been headed by Federal Minister Julia Klöckner since March 2018. As a member of the federal ...
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Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

Parliamentary State Secretary for Food and Agriculture, Germany
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

Amanda Little

Author and Journalist
Amanda Little is a journalist writing about the environment and innovation. She is a professor of investigative journalism and science writing at...
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Amanda Little Headshot

Amy Mackinnon

WRITER, FOREIGN POLICY
Amy Mackinnon is a staff writer for Foreign Policy magazine. Originally from Scotland, she has reported from across Eastern Europe and was based in Moscow and Tbilisi Georgia as...
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FP-amy-mackinnon (1)

Ruramiso Mashumba

Farmer, Zimbabwe
Ruramiso Mashumba is a young woman farmer growing snap peas, maize, whole brown rice, sorghum, millet, gum trees and raises pigs in Marondera, Zimbabwe. She holds a BA Degree in...
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Ruramiso Mushumba

Abby Maxman

President & CEO, Oxfam America
Abby Maxman joined Oxfam America as president and CEO in 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in international humanitarian relief and development, she brings a strategic...
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Abby Maxman Oxfam

Ted McKinney

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture
Ted McKinney serves as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. Under Secretary McKinney leads the development and implemen...
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Jim Mulhern

CEO, National Milk Producers Federation
Jim Mulhern is a veteran agriculture and food policy strategist with over 35 years of experience working with Washington, DC policymakers and the media. He was named President a...
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Jim Mulhern

Radha Muthiah

President and CEO, Capital Area Food Bank
Radha Muthiah, serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Area Food Bank. She leads a team that works to distribute over 45 million meals worth of good, ...
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Radha-photo

Danielle Nierenberg

President, Food Tank
In 2013, Danielle Nierenberg co-founded Food Tank with Bernard Pollack, an organization focused on building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters; a g...
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Nierenberg_Dani_Headshot

Michelle Nunn

President & CEO, CARE USA
Since July 2015, Michelle Nunn has been President and CEO of CARE USA, a leading ...
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Dr. Charles Owubah

CEO, Action Against Hunger
Dr. Charles Owubah leads Action Against Hunger USA’s executive team in providing
leadership and strategic direction to more than 1,600 staff across seven countries:<br ...
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Charles Owubah

Susan Sadigova

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, FOREIGN POLICY
Susan Sadigova is Foreign Policy’s Director of Strategic Development. She is responsible for developing long-term institutional partnerships with public and private sectors t...
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Sadigova

Stefan Schmitz

Executive Director, Crop Trust
Stefan Schmitz joined the Crop Trust as Executive Director in January 2020. He previously worked as Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the “One World – No H...
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Andrew Sollinger

PUBLISHER, FOREIGN POLICY
Andrew Sollinger is Foreign Policy’s Publisher. He joined FP in March 2018 to oversee all revenue generating efforts through subscriptions, sponsorships, advertising, events, ...
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Andrew_Sollinger_FP

Jonathan Tepperman

Editor at Large, FOREIGN POLICY
Jonathan Tepperman is the editor at large of Foreign Policy and the author of The Fix: How Countries Use Crises to Solve the World’s Worst Problems. Before joining FP, Tepperm...
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Agenda

DAY 1
Day 1: Welcome
Susan Sadigova, Director, Strategic Development, Foreign Policy
Day 1: Armchair Conversation
Julia Klöckner, Minister of Agriculture, Germany
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, Parliamentary State Secretary for Food and Agriculture, Germany
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Shifting Supply and Depressed Demand: How the Global Food System is Adapting to COVID-19
Ted McKinney, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture
Jim Mulhern, CEO, National Milk Producers Federation
Moderator: Allison Carlson, Managing Director, FP Analytics
The Humanitarian Response to an Unprecedented Challenge
Abby Maxman, President & CEO, Oxfam America
Michelle Nunn, President & CEO, CARE USA
Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger
Moderator: Radha Muthiah, President and CEO, Capital Area Food Bank
Closing Keynote Conversation
Massimo Bottura, Chef Patron of Osteria Francescana and Founder of Food for Soul
Moderator: Andrew Sollinger, Publisher, Foreign Policy
Day 1: Closing Remarks
Susan Sadigova, Director, Strategic Development, Foreign Policy
DAY 2
Day 2: Welcome
Susan Sadigova, Director, Strategic Development, Foreign Policy
Day 2: Armchair Conversation 1
HE Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of State for Food and Water Security Office, United Arab Emirates
Moderator: Andrew Sollinger, Publisher, Foreign Policy
View from Congress
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY
Moderator: Jonathan Tepperman, Editor at Large, Foreign Policy
Day 2: Armchair Conversation 2
Amanda Little, Author and Journalist
Moderator: Amy Mackinnon, Writer, Foreign Policy
Crop Diversity & Ag Innovation: Perspectives from Science and from the Field
Ertharin Cousin, Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford
Ruramiso Mashumba, Farmer, Zimbabwe
Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
Moderator: Elizabeth Derbes, Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs, The Good Food Institute
Building Diverse and Resilient Food Sources for a Post-COVID-19 World
Dr. Tarifa Al Zaabi, Deputy Director General, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director, Crop Trust
Moderator: Elizabeth Derbes, Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs, The Good Food Institute
Closing Armchair Conversation
U.S. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, D-Il
Moderator: Jonathan Tepperman, Editor at Large, Foreign Policy
Day 2: Closing Remarks
Susan Sadigova, Director, Strategic Development, Foreign Policy
*Event times are subject to change, please check back for program and speaker updates.

For more information, contact Susan Sadigova, Director of Strategic Development.