Background
Our dilemma is to turn the challenge of providing healthy food for everyone into solutions for regenerating nature and society. It’s a question riddled with competing views, from how to address food insecurity and waste to the myriad cultures surrounding food production and consumption. At the same time, the food we eat is the single biggest impact we have on the planet, and it’s not just on climate change. Our goal is to reframe the conflicts with clarity, lay the groundwork for progress and transform arguments into actions that can turn food into an extraordinary force for restoring our world.
Through two days of TED Talks, Breakthrough Sessions, and Quest visits we will explore how we eat today, problems with protein, culinary creativity and farms and food of the future.
Conversation Starters
How do we move from fossil fuels to clean energy – quickly and fairly? Here are a few thought-provoking prompts to help you start the conversation with your organization, friends, family and followers.
Some experts suggest that low and middle income countries need fossil fuels in the short-term for development, including lifting people out of energy poverty. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
Some communities’ economies are highly dependent on fossil fuels or carbon-intensive processes. How do we ensure a just transition that doesn’t leave those people behind?
What do you think the biggest obstacle to the rapid scaling of renewable energy is right now?
Are there lessons we can draw from other major social movements as we transition away from fossil fuels?
Meet the Speakers
Gabe Brown
Regenerative rancher

Peter Dawe
Potato provider

Jon Esformes
Fair farmer

Facundo Etchebehere
Sustainable businessman

Jonathan Foley
Sustainability scientist

Dana Gunders
Food waste reducer

Helianti Hilman
Edible entrepreneur

Andy Jarvis
Protein visionary

Lamin Jassey
Environmental activist

Agnes Kalibata
Green revolutionary

Sam Kass
Climate chef

Sarah Lake
Dietary guide

June Jo Lee
Food ethnographer

Fei Luo
Collagen chemist

Berry Marttin
Farm fiduciary

Gonzalo Muñoz
Climate champion
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Anthony Myint
System changer

Dorcas Naishorua
Climate leader

Giles E. D. Oldroyd
Plant doctor

Gerardo Reyes Chávez
Farmworker advocate
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Aline Sousa
Wastepicker leader
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Uma Valeti
Chicken cultivator