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Event Recaps
- Grocery Retail for All Summit
December 13, 2024
Last week The Global Food Institute at the The George Washington University co-hosted the Grocery Retail for All Summit with Food Systems for the Future (FSF) and José Andrés. It was inspiring to see how this Summit brought together independent grocers, national policy makers, investors, food companies and philanthropy from across the country to discuss what strategies were working to expand grocery retail access to affordable, nutritious food in low-income communities across the United States. FSF released a new report during this event, “Grocery Retail for All: Affordable, Nutritious Food in Every Neighborhood.” This report is aimed at identifying creative solutions to the persistent challenges faced by grocery operators in low-income communities across the United States. The report highlights opportunities for innovation, collaboration, policy change, and funding in the grocery sector, all focused on increasing grocery retail success and ensuring the affordability, availability, and accessibility of nutritious food in every community.
- Building System Dynamics Connections Seminar Series
June - October, 2024
GFI hosted a four-part seminar series introducing system dynamics modeling. All sessions were recorded and can be viewed here:
- Food Tank Restaurant and Farms: A Key Solution to the Climate Crisis
September 23, 2024
Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation presented a Climate Week NYC Kick-Off Summit, Restaurants and Farms: A Key Solution to the Climate Crisis.GFI's Stacy Dean presented at the Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation Summit on the effects of climate change on independent restaurants and joined conversations with chefs, farmers, researchers, policymakers and more. View the event recording and hear Stacy's remarks at 4 hours 22 minutes. Read GFI's February 2024 report, The Climate Reality for Independent Restaurants: A Deep Dive into the Supply Chain.
- The Future of Federal Food Purchasing: Transforming Policy & Practice
March 11-12, 2024
The Global Food Institute at The George Washington University and its founder, José Andrés, in partnership with the Federal Good Food Purchasing Coalition, held a two-day convening in March 2024.
Across the country, policymakers, food service professionals, businesses, and diverse communities have tapped into the potential of public food procurement for achieving health, climate, and economic goals. We invited attendees to join us in exploring how values-aligned food procurement can be leveraged to advance the federal government’s goals for nutrition and health, climate mitigation, racial equity, economic competition, and worker well-being. The post-event report highlights key takeaways from this event.
- 2023 World Food Forum
In October 2023, six GW graduate students traveled to Rome, Italy to represent the Global Food Institute at the World Food Forum (WFF) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters.
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