Catalyzing Adaptive and Resilient Food Systems Workshop
April 6, 2022
8:30a.m. - 3:00p.m.
Our Program Planning Committee has been hard at work over the past few months to develop an educational program; bringing together diverse perspectives- from climate scientists and social scientists to crop biologists and ecologists - to address the multi-dimensional challenges and opportunities associated with developing climate adaptive and resilient food systems in California, the US, and beyond. We are excited to share our preliminary list of presenters to showcase what the workshop will have to offer!
Preliminary Presenter List
Panel 1: Labor
This session will consider how industries, firms, and labor organizations are addressing projected climate impacts and risks, and what key business and labor innovations are furthering resilience.
Current Speakers:
- Adam Calo, UC Berkeley
- Adrian Greet, Senior Advisor at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Panel 2: Climate Stressors to Agricultural Systems
Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and magnitude due to climate change, exacerbating temperature extremes, impacting soil and growth conditions of crops. Plant scientists and agronomists are taking steps to ensure a resilient agriculture under these stressors.
Current Speakers:
- Michael Huff, Huff Innovative Technologies
- Gabriele Ludwig, California Almond Board
Panel 3: Mitigation co-Benefits & Nature-Based Solutions
This session will explore ways in which climate mitigation and GHG reduction efforts in agriculture and food systems actively benefit other sectors and what are their co-benefits with adaptation and resilience building efforts.
Current Speakers:
- Sydney Chamberlin, The Nature Conservancy
- Virginia Jameson, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
- Amelie Gaudin, UC Davis
Panel 4: Health & Local Communities
This session will focus on the ways in which climate change will affect the health of communities employed or adjacent to agricultural industries, strategies to increase health resilience in communities dependent on the agricultural and food sectors and the ways that local communities can be activated and mobilized towards more resilient food systems?
Current Speakers:
- Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
- Christine Tran, Los Angeles Food Policy Council