Food Systems for Public Health: Assessment, Impact and Implications of Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Recommendations on Environmental, Economic and Agricultural Sustainability

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Sunday, April 03, 2016
3:00 PM–5:00 PM

Chairs

John W. Finley, PhD, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Jonathan R. Mein, PhD, Monsanto

Presentations

The Challenge of Feeding Nine Billion.
Dennis Dimick, National Geographic Society

Modelling the Impact of Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on the US Agricultural System.
Elizabeth Marshall, USDA Economic Research Service

Climate Change Impacts on Nutritional Outcomes:  What Do We Know?
Gerald C. Nelson, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Changing Consumption/Demand for Vegetables with Breeding/Decreasing Post-harvest Loss.
Jonathan R. Mein, PhD, Monsanto

Achieving Sustainable Nutrition Security: The Essential Role of Partnerships.
Dave Gustafson, PhD, ILSI Research Foundation