43rd National Food Policy Conference
July 28 & 29, 2020

Tuesday, July 28

1:00pm ET

Welcome

Jack Gillis, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America

Thomas Gremillion, Director of Food Policy
Consumer Federation of America

1:05pm – 1:35pm ET

Keynote

Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, Commissioner of Food & Drugs
Food and Drug Administration

1:35pm – 2:30pm ET

Facilitated Discussion: How COVID-19 is Changing our Food System

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in supply chain disruptions, changes in consumer shopping and eating behaviors, and concerns about worker health and safety, renewing attention on the resiliency of our food system.  How are consumers, the food industry and government responding to this rapidly changing situation? What more needs to be done so our system is more resilient? And what do we want our food system to look like, post-pandemic?

Moderator

Helena Bottemiller Evich, Senior Food and Agriculture Reporter
Politico

Panelists

Tom Bené, President & CEO
National Restaurant Association
CEO, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

Shannon Hayes, Partner
Sap Bush Hollow Farm

Leslie Sarasin, President and CEO
FMI: The Food Industry Association

Eric Schlosser
Author, Fast Food Nation
Co-producer, Food, Inc.

2:30pm – 3:00pm ET

Keynote

Senator Cory Booker
United States Senate

Wednesday, July 29

1:00pm ET

Welcome

Jack Gillis, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America

Thomas Gremillion, Director of Food Policy
Consumer Federation of America

1:05pm – 1:50pm ET

A Conversation with Chef José Andrés and Representative Jim McGovern

Moderator

Lola Fadulu
Journalist, New York Times, The Atlantic, and Quartz

Panelists

Chef José Andrés
Chef/Owner, ThinkFoodGroup
Founder, World Central Kitchen

Congressman Jim McGovern
U.S. House of Representatives

1:50pm – 3:00pm ET

Facilitated Discussion: Food Insecurity and COVID-19

State and federal policymakers have made significant policy changes in an effort to address unprecedented levels of food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 crisis. With record-high unemployment levels, many of these policy changes may be necessary to continue into the future. What approaches have been most effective? What changes should be made permanent to better address food insecurity in the U.S.?

Moderator

Lauren Bauer, Fellow – Economic Studies
Brookings Institution

Panelists

Mark Broadhurst, Senior Director, Public Affairs
Chobani

Robert Campbell, Managing Director, Policy
Feeding America

Dr. Sandy Curwood, Director, Office of School Nutrition Programs
Virginia Department of Education

Ellen Teller, Director of Government Affairs
FRAC: Food Research and Action Center

Speaker Bios

Sponsors

Promotional Support

Powell Tate Food Issues Practice

Benefactors

Corteva Agriscience

Empirical

National Consumers League

Pew Charitable Trusts

Patrons

FMI – The Food Industry Association

Mars, Inc.

Tyson Foods, Inc.

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

Sponsors

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Amazon

American Frozen Food Institute

Chobani

Danone North America

The Food Institute

International Dairy Food Association

International Food Information Council

NSF International

Produce Marketing Association

Rick and Beth Frank

Walmart

Watkinson and Miller