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My talk, “ Food Politics 2023: The Key Issue,” is at 10:00 a.m. followed by a reception.  It’s hybrid.  In person, it’s in room 440 Egan.  Online, it’s at this link.    More information is here.  It’s sponsored by Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the Burnes Center for Social Change.

I giving a talk on Food Politics 2023: What Matters and Why, at noon in Rubenstein 414AB.  Attend in person and you get lunch.  It’s also online.  For information and registration, click here.  More about the talk is in the Harvard Gazette and the Kennedy School Calendar.  A poster for the talk is on Twitter (sorry, X).

I’m speaking at the WHO/UNICEF Global Congress on Implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes.  Information about the Congress is here.  The agenda is here.  My talk, on the Industry “Playbook,” is in the afternoon session on Identifying and Managing Industry Interference.  The Congress runs from June 20-22.

I’m doing a webinar, “Food Policy 2023: Signs for Hope?” as part of the FoodBerlin series on “Food for the Future.“  It’s at 1600 Central European time, 10:00 a.m. ET.  The link: https://hu-berlin.zoom.us/j/69161980952.

This is sponsored by the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems.  It is billed as “an evening in conversation,” 4:00 to 6:00 p,m, Binks Hall, Greyfriars Charteris Centre, 138-140 Pleasance.   RSVP to A. Vonderschmidt@sms.ed.ac.uk if wanting to attend.

I’m on a panel to celebrate Diet for a Small Planet: 50 Years On with Frances Moore Lappé.  Frances More Lappé will reflect on the importance of her book as will the panel, which also includes Amy Bentley (Food Studies), and David Kanter (Environmental Studies). The talks will be followed byQ&A and a reception.  When: 2-5 pm.  Where: Kimmel Center for University Life Room KC 405/406, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012.  RSVP here

Clark Wolf is the host and organizer.  The panel—on food and politics—includes me, talking about my memoir,  Slow Cooked, An Unexpected Life in Food Politics; Chloe Sorvino, author of Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat; Alex Prud’homme, author of Dinner With The President: Food, Politics and the History of Breaking Bread at the White House; and Tanya Holland, author of Tanya Holland’s California Soul.  Free, but register here.  It starts at 5:00 p.m. and lasts one hour.

I am honored (hugely) to be the recipient of the 2023 Edinburgh Medal, at which I give a speech as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.  My talk, “Food Politics: Why it Matters Now” is at 7:00 p.m.  Information about the Science Festival is here.  A Tweet announcing my award is here.