SFC’s TEDxManhattan Live Feed Viewing Party w Live Demos, Lunch & Snacks

Join us on March 1st to watch a live feed of the 2014 TEDx Manhattan conference "Changing the Way We Eat." Leaders in farming, food service, hunger relief, and food activism will be discussing current challenges in our food system. Between speakers, we'll be joined by local farmers, gardeners, cooks, and food producers for live demos and tastings between speakers. Lunch, snacks & beverages will be served, courtesy of Chipotle Mexican Grill and other local vendors. This event is FREE, but please RSVP!

Program:

9:30 CST Session 1: “EXPAND”

Jen Chapin band

Speaker Intro – Brian Halweil, Editor, Edible East End; Publisher, Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn
Peggy Neu, President, The Monday Campaigns

Speaker Intro – Kathy Lawrence, Program Director, School Food FOCUS
Michael Rozyne, Executive Director, Red Tomato 

Speaker Intro – Tama Wong, Principal, Meadows and More
Megan Miller, Founder, Bitty 

Film clip – Steve Ritz, Founder, Green Bronx Machine
Speaker Intro – Maisie Ganzler, Vice President, Bon Appetit Management Company
Andrew Gunther, Program Director, Animal Welfare Approved

Speaker Intro David McInerney, Co-Founder, FreshDirect 
Dr. Lance Price, Professor, George Washington University

Intro – Bill Yosses, Executive Pastry Chef, The White House
David Binkle, Director of Food Services, Los Angeles Unified School District

11:30-12:40 CST Local speakers & lunch

12:40 CST Session 2: “COLLABORATE”

Video – San Van Aken – Tree of 40 Fruits, Artist 

Speaker Intro – Stefani Bardin, Faculty, The New School
Matt Moore, Family Farmer, Artist, Activist, The Digital Farm Collective 

Speaker Intro – Peter Lehner, Executive Director, NRDC and NRDC Action Fund
Regina Bernard-Carreno, Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY 

Performance

Speaker Intro – Ann Cooper, Founder, Food Family Farming Foundation
Sunny Young, Director, Edufood Consulting

Speaker Intro – Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch
Virginia Clarke, Executive Director, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 
Funders 

Intro – LaDonna Redmond, Founder, Campaign for Food Justice Now
Alison Cayne, Owner, Havens Kitchen 

Speaker Intro – Elizabeth Meltz, Director of Food Safety and Sustainability, 
Batali/Bastianich Hospitality Group
Nikki Silvestri, Executive Director, Green for All

2:40-3:20 CST Local Speakers & break

3:20 CST Session 3: “GROW”

Performance 

Speaker Intro – Mitchell Davis, Executive Vice President, James Beard Foundation 
Myra Goodman, Co-founder, Earthbound Farm 

Speaker Intro – Kerry McLean, Director of Community Development, WHEDco
Saru Jaramayan, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United)

Speaker Intro – Cheryl Kollin, Founding Principal, Full Plate Ventures 
Clint Smith, Educator, Parkdale High School

Speaker Intro – Peter Hoffman, chef owner of Back Forty and Back Forty West
Chellie Pingree, Congresswoman, US House of Representatives (Maine)

Speaker Intro – Kenneth Cook, President and Co-founder, Environmental Working Group
Tom Colicchio, Chef, Restaurant Owner, Head Judge “Top Chef”, Cookbook Author