The Future is Now
Speaker: Yona Sipos, Assistant Teaching Professor, Nutritional Sciences Program and Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington

Part of the Nutritional Sciences Fall 2021 seminar series, "Future of Food Systems: Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health"
There is growing urgency for our food systems to be more sustainable, resilient, and equitable. But how? Food systems are too-often implicated in perpetuating health inequities, climate chaos, and diminishing biodiversity. Competing solutions to these challenges are being considered locally and globally, across often-complicated supply chains and impacted by various public health, social, ecological, and economic drivers. Should farms and food systems feed regional or international communities; should they be large or small, uniform or diverse? What are the outcomes for our climate, human and ecological health, justice and equity? Which technologies and processes of engagement should be prioritized? While solutions may not be binary, choices must be made to nourish a growing human population on a finite Earth. In this seminar, we will learn from experts and practitioners at the forefront of addressing these challenges and considering different possibilities for the future of food systems.