{"id":15997,"date":"2019-04-03T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2019-04-04T21:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:42:55","slug":"inaugural-small-change-big-impact-food-summit-to-bring-together-industry-leaders-at-harvard-university-april-3-4-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15997","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Small Change Big Impact Food Summit To Bring Together Industry Leaders At Harvard University April 3-4, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fmr-subtitle\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Hormel Foods and Harvard University Dining Services to convene summit of institutions, culinary leaders, nonprofits and food companies to collaborate on a more transparent, secure and sustainable food system<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fmr-associated-content-region\">\n<div id=\"fmr-blog-mm-item\"><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/images\/Newsroom_20190402_Small-Change-Big-Impact-1024x572.1554230842.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/sites\/www.3blmedia.com\/files\/styles\/fmr_page_photos_blog\/public\/images\/Newsroom_20190402_Small-Change-Big-Impact-1024x572.1554230842.jpg?itok=1xWEDAgu\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-img-caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-tweet--contents\">\n<div class=\"fmr-tweet--label\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i>\u00a0TWEET ME:<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-tweet--suggestion\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-tweet field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">The @HormelFoods &amp; @HUDSInfo Small Change Big Impact Food Summit brings together leaders &amp; change agents from academia, foodservice, food companies &amp; nonprofits to discuss innovative ideas &amp; forge new collaborations toward an improved food future http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ve2vQE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"fmr-date\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-date-time field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Wednesday, April 3, 2019 &#8211; 10:30am<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fmr-meta-container--top\">\n<p class=\"client-link\">NEWSROOM:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3blmedia.com\/Profiles\/Hormel-Foods-Corporation\">Hormel Foods Corporation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fmr-type-of-content--bottom\">CONTENT: Press Release<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fmr-body\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-fmr-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3, 2019 \/3BL Media\/ &#8211; More than 100 leaders in the food world will convene at Harvard University April 3 and 4 to discuss creating a more transparent, secure and sustainable food system. Led by global branded food company Hormel Foods and Harvard University Dining Services, the Small Change Big Impact Food Summit will bring together leaders and change agents from academia, foodservice, food companies and nonprofits to discuss innovative ideas and powerful insights and to forge new collaborations toward an improved food future.<\/p>\n<p>Notable speakers and participants for the April 4 portion of the summit include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Snee, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Hormel Foods<\/li>\n<li>David Davidson, Managing Director, Harvard University Dining Services<\/li>\n<li>Sam Kass, Food Entrepreneur, Former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition<\/li>\n<li>David Bell, Harvard Business School \u2013 George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Amoscato, VP of Supply Chain and Menu Innovation, Shake Shack<\/li>\n<li>Doug Rauch, CEO of Daily Table, Former President of Trader Joe\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Catherine D\u2019Amato, CEO and President, Greater Boston Food Bank<\/li>\n<li>Jody Adams, James Beard Foundation Award-Winning Chef\/Co-Owner of Trade, Porto, Saloniki<\/li>\n<li>John Ghingo, President, Applegate<\/li>\n<li>Kathy Talkington, Project Director, Antimicrobial Resistance, The Pew Charitable Trusts<\/li>\n<li>Maureen Timmons, Director of Dining Services, Northeastern University<\/li>\n<li>Ron DeSantis, Certified Master Chef and Founder of CulinaryNXT<\/li>\n<li>Adeline Druart, President, Vermont Creamery<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Watters, Futurist and Author, Attention Span Media<\/li>\n<li>And more.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thefoodimpactsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A full list of all speakers is attached<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The summit begins on April 3 with the OUR FOOD JOURNEY\u2122 Small Change, Big Impact Challenge. Participating startups, individuals and nonprofits will present their ideas for improving our food system to a panel of food industry leaders. Winners will receive a share of $10,000 in grant funding, with the goal of fostering ideas that, no matter how small, will create positive change.<\/p>\n<p>Hormel Foods and Harvard University Dining Services will also present the inaugural Small Change Big Impact Awards to changemakers and rising stars in food who have had or are making a significant impact and improving the future of our food.<\/p>\n<p>The summit is being co-presented by Harvard University Dining Services and Hormel Foods, and is being organized by Attention Span Media with CulinaryNXT.<\/p>\n<p>More details about the summit and the impact challenge can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefoodimpactsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.thefoodimpactsummit.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hormel Foods and Harvard University Dining&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-education","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15998,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997\/revisions\/15998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}