About this Event
Roots, Remedies and Rescue
This in-person gathering will be filled with engaging discussions, interactive workshops, and opportunities to network with others who share your passions. Don't miss out on this chance to be a part of something special. See you there!
Roots, Remedies & Rescue is made possible by CAVA, Athens Services, UWS Company, USDA SARE, and LA Sanitation & Environment, and is presented in partnership with the UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies, FoodCycle, End Hunger LA, and the Los Angeles Food Policy Council.
Disclaimer: All session titles, descriptions, and speakers subject to change
Agenda
Roots, Remedies & Rescue
Info: Roots, Remedies & Rescue brings together leaders in food systems, public health, research, policy, agriculture, food recovery, and community-based solutions for a day of conversation and collaboration at UCLA. (Disclaimer: Agenda and speakers subject to change)
Opening Keynote: Transforming Local Food Systems
Host: Katherine Miller
Info: Katherine Miller author of At the Table: The Chef's Guide to Advocacy and founder of Table 81, on what it actually takes to turn good ideas into change in the food system.
Opening Plenary: Building a Healthier, More Sustainable Food System
Host: Kayla de la Haye
Info: Kayla de la Haye and Dipa Shah-Patel on food systems, community health, behaviour change, and food as medicine.
Morning Breakout Session: 1) Regenerative & Urban Agriculture
Info: Speakers to be announced.
Morning Breakout Session: 2) Food as Medicine: From Research to Practice
Host: Dr. Tannaz Moin
Info: Dr. Tannaz Moin, Dr. Suzanne Devkota and Fatinah Darwish-Elsherbiny on the path from clinical research to produce prescriptions in practice.
Morning Breakout Session: 3) Food Recovery, Access & Equitable Distribution
Info: Food Forward, Food Finders, Hollywood Food Coalition and FoodCycle on how organizations decide where recovered food goes, and what equitable distribution looks like when supply, geography and need don't line up.
Afternoon Plenary: Narrative & Story-telling
Host: Jon Christensen
Info: Jon Christensen of UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies in conversation with Jack Bobo and Ursula Heise on the stories we tell about food, and the ones we should be telling.
Afternoon Breakout: 1) Food as Medicine
Info: Dr. Julia Caldwell on what the research says about produce prescription programs and how their impact is measured.
Afternoon Breakout: 2) Nourishing Food for All: Unlocking the Hidden Diversity
Host: Selena Ahmed
Info: How can we harness the hidden diversity of food to nourish everyone? This interactive session connects regenerative agriculture, Food is Medicine, and food recovery through the lens of food quality. We’ll explore emerging evidence on how growing practices shape food quality and health, and taste delicious foods created from ingredients that might otherwise go to waste. A live demonstration will show how food quality data and AI can translate this evidence into action, from school meals and hunger solutions to Medically Tailored Meals and healthier diets for all.
Afternoon Breakout: 3) Food Studies at UCLA: Research, Teaching & Student Work
Host: Dr. Vetri Nathan
Info: Dr. Vetri Nathan, Dr. Kayla de la Haye and graduate student Fernanda Madrazo on how food systems education is shaping the next generation of leaders.
Afternoon Plenary: What Will It Take To Transform Our Regional Food System?
Host: Katherine Miller
Info: Jack Bobo, Katherine Miller and a representative of the LA County Office of Food Systems, connecting policy, research, health, agriculture, food recovery and community-based solutions.
Closing Remarks and Call to Action
Working Groups: From Conversation To Action
Info: Three parallel conversations over afternoon tea and coffee: Jessica Handy on regenerative agriculture and land remediation, Natasha Wasim on food waste behaviours in LA County, and open networking for everyone still in the room.
Event venue & nearby stays
Hershey Hall, 801 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, United States
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