Member Event: Is the Price Right? The Economics of Healthy Food
Posted: July 27, 2012
Categories: economic development / Events / Food in the News
Join ChangeLab Solutions next Thursday August 2, 2012 10-11am Pacific/1-2pm Eastern for a web forum to explore the effects that the price of food has on consumers’ health and the economic viability of farmers.You’ll get a brief lesson on the economics of healthy food, and you’ll hear from leaders working at the local and state levels about projects that balance consumers’ need for affordable, healthy food and producers’ need to run economically viable farms.
Speakers:
– Andrea Carlson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
– Chad Hellwinckel, University of Tennessee
– Jennifer Obadia, Tufts University and the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness
– Christine Fry, ChangeLab Solutions (moderator)
Register here to save your spot.
This web forum is brought to you by the Healthy Farms, Healthy People Coalition as part of a series exploring issues at the intersection of agriculture and public health.