Aug 1, 2024
Food Tank, in collaboration with The Germeshausen Foundation,
and Oatly, recently hosted a
special luncheon event on Capitol Hill to explore issues of food
access and affordability, Food is
Medicine, and food loss and waste prevention. Discussions explore
the interagency
collaboration that is moving the needle on food loss and waste, the
importance of federal
nutrition programs to food is medicine solutions, and the momentum
that continues to build
around food systems transformation.
Speakers include U.S. Congressmembers Jim McGovern, Chellie
Pingree, and Ayanna
Pressley; Catherine Oakar, The White House; Admiral Rachel Levine,
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services; Jean Buzby, USDA Office of the Chief
Economist; Alberto
Gonzalez Jr., USDA Food and Nutrition Service; Ruth Petersen,
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention; Sophia Adelle, Farmlink; Alexandra Ashbrook, Food
Research and Action
Center; Caron Gremont, FRESHFARM; Regina Harmon, Food Recovery
Network; Steven
Jennings, Ahold Delhaize USA; Mandy Katz, Giant Food; and Amanda
Oenbring, Upcycled
Food Association.
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