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The Rise of Urban Farming: Opportunities for Sustainable Local Production
JANUARY 22, 2020 | 5:30PM–8:30PM Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP 1375 Broadway New York NY 10018 United States 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Registration and Networking 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Introduction of Thought For Food 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Panel Discussion 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Light Bites and Networking The need for urban agriculture is expanding on a global scale as more and more people inhabit our cities. This is especially true in the New York City area, one of the fastest growing startup cities in the world. Despite a spur of recent initiatives within the food industry, the city continues to struggle to sustain a large food insecure population. Join us for an engaging discussion and an opportunity to learn how urban agriculture can be used to tackle food production sustainably for our inner cities. Some of the topics we will cover include initiatives that can help reduce food miles, increase the availability of fresh and organic produce, how we can work with less land and water while increasing overall production, and more. Our featured panel of founders and leading experts will speak to the companies they're working on, the challenges they're facing, and the areas of opportunity within the space. Our event partners from Thought For Food will share about how to be more involved in the space with the audience's ideas, and promote entrepreneurship and engagement from youth with the Challenge, where startups compete for funding for their companies. Thought For FoodTM (TFF) is the world's leading organization dedicated to engaging, empowering and investing in the next generation of innovators in food and agriculture. To date, they have worked with more than 15,000 young people in over 160 countries - inspiring thousands of creative new business ideas and launching more than 50 impact-focused startups across the value chain that solve key challenges such as productivity, sustainability, transparency, nutrition and waste. ABOUT THOUGHT FOR FOOD Thought For Food™ (TFF) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to engaging, empowering and investing in the next generation of innovators in food and agriculture. To date, they have worked with more than 15,000 young people in over 160 countries - inspiring thousands of creative new business ideas and launching more than 50 impact-focused startups across the value chain that solve key challenges such as productivity, sustainability, transparency, nutrition and waste. SPEAKERS DIANE HATZ Founder and Executive Director Change Food Diane is a social entrepreneur with a strong focus on food and farming. Diane is the founder & executive director of the nonprofit Change Food, aggregating the best already working toward healthy food change, amplifies their voices through events and programs, and advances the work and the goal of the food movement. Her latest project is “Plant Eat Share” is promoting efforts around the world to grow and provide food for free and working to change the public mindset around food. She is also the CEO & founder of Whole Healthy Group LLC and was also the founder and organizer of TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat”. Follow on social media @changeourfood HENRY GORDON-SMITH Founder and Managing Director Agritecture Consulting Henry is a sustainability strategist focused on urban agriculture, water issues, and emerging technologies. Henry is the Founder and Managing Director of the advisory firm Agritecture Consulting which has now consulted on over 100 urban agriculture projects in over 20 countries. Agritecture Consulting primarily helps entrepreneurs with vertical farming feasibility studies, recruiting, and systems design. Henry has previously Co-Founded the Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) and is also the founder of the blog “Agritecture”. Follow him on social media @theagritect ALINA ZOLOTAREVA Marketing Director AeroFarms Alina Zolotareva is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and wellness philosopher who believes in the radical importance personal and interpersonal and planetary well-being. Alina is the Marketing Director at AeroFarms, an award-winning a clean-technology company which builds and operates resource-efficient, state-of-the-art vertical farms in urban environments. AeroFarms has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies in Food and Data Science, and most recently named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2019. She is also the Co-Founder of the Seeds and the City Podcast and has previously held roles in culinary nutrition consulting and marketing. JOHN APESOS Founder and CEO GROWx John Apesos founded GROWxAmsterdam a Dutch Vertical farming company. John won the TEDx Amsterdam “Ideas Worth Doing Award” for vertical in 2011. He built collaborations with greenhouse-engineering firms, universities, Amsterdam’s innovation community & CO2 impact funds to bring his vision into a reality. In Europe, as a vertical farming expert, John joined panels and gave keynotes in The Netherlands, UK, & Russia. John worked in start-up ventures in many arenas: media, couture fashion, LED lighting, creative leadership. He earned an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management and a BA from Boston University in History. He recently moved back to the United States after 12 years abroad and would like to share the European perspective on urban agriculture. MODERATED BY AYNA ARORA Regional Coordinator Thought For Food Ayna is a food scientist and product strategist with a strong focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. Ayna is a Regional Coordinator for Thought For Food, a global accelerator for youth-led food startups working to feed the world sustainably. In her current role she advises startups and catalyzes the local food and sustainability communities through events and programming. She previously founded her own CPG company, Banzo & Beyond LLC, has worked in innovation consulting for Fortune 500 brands, and has worked as a pastry chef in 5 countries. Follow on social media @aynaa.a Register Now EVENT SPONSORS MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC The MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City has for forty years supported entrepreneurs in their efforts to start and run technology-driven business ventures. We do this by delivering world-class business learning events along with opportunities to build relationships with business people who share an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship related to technology, with focus on digital media, information technology, cleantech and bioscience/healthcare. Topics for these events included monetizing digital offerings, raising capital, cleantech, success stories of founders whose companies now generate $100 million or more, biotech, web advertising, business plan writing and pitching, wireless broadband, intellectual property and hyperlocal news. LEARN MORE MEMBERSHIP CONTACT THE ORGANIZER
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