About this Event
*FREE*
During Food & Science, we will celebrate community heroes & hear from an expert panel on the key intersections of food & science.
This is a FREE event.
"& Science" Champion Awardee:
- Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director of Change Today, Change Tomorrow)
Speakers:
- Dr. Kim Williams (Chairman of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine)
- Dr. Wayne Tuckson (Kentucky Health Host, Kentucky Educational Television; Colon and Rectal Surgeon, KentuckyOneHealth)
- Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director, Change Today, Change Tomorrow)
- Vincent James (President and CEO, Dare To Care)
- Cassia Herron (Healthy Communities Fellow, Aspen Global Innovators Group)
Also Featuring:
- Farmers Market hosted in collaboration with the South End Community Market.
Date:
- Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Community Block Party (Farmers Market+Community Fair): 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Panel: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 620 Lampton St. Louisville, Ky, 40203
Food & Science Objectives:
- Explore key intersections of nutrition, health and wellbeing
- Identify drivers of food insecurity in Louisville
- Discuss overcoming barriers that promote access to healthy food
- Envision a food secure future for all of Louisville
About the Series:
The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute is hosting a quarterly health forum called “& Science". The fourth installment of the series will focus on Food & Science, featuring leaders from different agricultural and scientific backgrounds. The “& Science” series provides a community forum for conversations at the intersection of health, the environment & science. Topics explored throughout the first year of the series include communication, faith, history, food & science.
For more information, please contact Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, [email protected] or (502)852-9354.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 620 Lampton Street, Louisville, United States
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