Planet Forward Summit

Land O’ Lakes has once again offered to provide a video feed for the Planet Forward Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, October 30 from 1:00 – 2:15 pm in 13 Curtiss Hall.   The summit features a CEO Panel that will discuss feeding 9 billion people by 2050, global applications and the nature of public-private partnerships to feed the world.

Panel participants include:

·         Land O’Lakes President and CEO, Chris Policinski

·         CARE USA CEO, Helene Gayle

·         Elanco President, Jeff Simmons

·         Millennium Challenge Corporation President, Daniel Yohannes. 

·         Moderator - President and CEO of World Food Program, USA,  Rick Leach

It is important to understand how large, international organizations view the challenges of our growing population and more intensive use of our resources systems.  This panel provides an opportunity to hear directly from these leaders regarding what they are currently doing to develop creative and sustainable solutions.  

To learn more about this summit, here’s a link to the website http://food.planetforward.org/.

Please plan to join us!