What's Wrong With Food?

What's Wrong With Food? (www/Food) is a half-day event to start a conversation on future of food, and in this case, particularly for New York City. By inviting the progress makers of the industry, the aim is to discuss the current efforts towards today’s problems and propose sustainable solutions for the future. To encourage both conversation and action, portion of the proceeds will be donated to nonprofit organizations that dedicate their efforts towards hunger relief.

Agenda:

08.30-9.00 Coffee & Registration 9.00-9.15 Welcome & Kick Off

9.15-9.45 Diagnostics #1: Food Access & Equity

NexLoop, Mike Lindsey

Rethink Food, Sarah Munger, Director of Operations

Burlap and Barrel, Ethan Frisch, Co-founder

9.45 -10.00-Q&A

10.00-10.30 Diagnostics #2: Food Tech

HowGood, Alexander Gillett, CEO

Agrilyst, Jonathan Schmitz, VP Business Development

Foodshed, Daniel Beckmann, Co-founder & CEO

Rise Products, Bertha Jimenez, Ph.D, CEO

10.30 -10.45 Q&A

10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30 Diagnostics #3: Food Health

Savor Health, Susan Bratton, Founder

Ecospaces Education, Frank Mentesana, Founding Director

Teens for Food Justice

11.30 - 11.45 Q&A

11.45 – 12.15 Diagnostics #4: Food Distribution & Retail

Misfits Market, Daniel Litwin, Director of Farm Partnerships

Ancolie, Chloe Vichot, Founder

Bushwick Food Co-op, GM, Fran Sanhueza

12.15 – 12.30 Q&A

12.30 – 1.00 Diagnostics #5: Food Production

Oko Farms, Yemi, Amu, Co-founder

Gotham Greens, Viraj Puri, CEO

Agritecture, Jeffrey Landau, Director of Business Development

SmallHold, Andrew Carter, Co-founder

1.00-1.15 Q&A

1.15-1.30 Final Remarks

There will be local food vendors inside the building, you

We'll be announcing panelists soon.

www/Food will be the fourth of the series, following www/Cities, www/Fashion and www/Health. We have collaborated with Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design and Farm Soho, hosting change maker panelists including Lyft, Center for Urban Pedagogy, Edenworks, Open Style Lab, Two Blind Brothers, Startup Health, Sherpaa and many more.

www/ is created by Eray/Carbajo, an international architecture and design studio based in New York and Istanbul. In line with their mission to develop concepts that solve urban, social and environmental problems, the studio brings the process of conceptual research to a public discussion, encouraging a collaborative research and diagnosis through honest and constructive conversations.