Global Food+

Overview

This initiative was founded to provide researchers in the greater Boston area opportunities to share their work on topics of “Global Food+” i.e. economic, health, environmental, cultural and social perspectives on the world food system. The Sustainability Science Program, together with Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, has led the initiative along with co-organizers from MIT, Tufts, and Boston University. For each session, researchers present 5-minute “speed briefs” on the most exciting work related to food that is going on in their labs. Presentations are followed by discussion and networking with researches, students, and attendees from business and government. Each seminar gathering involves about 30 presentations; to date, more than 200 researchers from throughout the greater Boston area have participated.