Research & Teaching

Gary Adamkiewicz

Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities
Harvard School of Public Health

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Aaron Bernstein

Instructor in Pediatrics (HMS); Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment (HSPH); Hospitalist, Division of General Pediatrics (Boston Children’s Hospital)
Harvard Medical School

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Theodore Bestor

Reischauer Professor of Social Anthropology; Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Neil Brenner

Professor of Urban Theory
Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Michael P. Brenner

Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics; Harvard College Professor

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Joyce Chaplin

James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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George M. Church

Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School

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William C. Clark

Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development
Harvard Kennedy School

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Charles Davis

Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Vascular Plants; Co-Director, Harvard University Herbaria
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Amy C. Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Harvard Business School

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David A. Edwards

Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation

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Richard T.T. Forman

Research Professor of Advanced Environmental Studies
Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Ann Forsyth

Professor of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Christopher Golden

Research Associate, Harvard School of Public Health; Program Director, WCS HEAL
Harvard School of Public Health

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Rema Hanna

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies
Harvard Kennedy School

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Ricardo Hausmann

Professor of the Practice of Economic Development; Director, Center for International Development
Harvard Kennedy School

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Rebecca Henderson

John and Natty McArthur University Professor
Harvard Business School

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Noel Michele Holbrook

Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry; Professor of Biology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Peter Huybers

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Co-Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

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Daniel Jacob

Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Sheila Jasanoff

Pforzheimer Professor of Science & Technology Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Petros Koutrakis

Professor of Environmental Sciences; Director, Harvard University Clean Air Research Center (CLARC)
Harvard School of Public Health

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Michael Kremer

Gates Professor of Developing Societies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

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Henry Lee

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy; Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Program
Harvard Kennedy School

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Chensheng (Alex) Lu

Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology
Harvard School of Public Health

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Gina McCarthy

Professor of the Practice of Public Health; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment (HSPH)  
Harvard School of Public Health

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Paul Moorcroft

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Head Tutor, Environmental Science and Public Policy Concentration
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Sendhil Mullainathan

Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Samuel Myers

Principal Research Scientist, Planetary Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health (HSPH); Director, Planetary Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Forest Reinhardt

John D. Black Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

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Daniel P. Schrag

Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment; Co-Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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John Spengler

Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation; Director and Program Director, Nature, Health and the Built Environment
Harvard School of Public Health

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Elsie Sunderland

Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Harvard School of Public Health

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Michael Toffel

Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

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Noreen Tuross

Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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David Weitz

Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Walter Willett

Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; Chair, Department of Nutrition; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health

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Elizabeth M. Wolkovich

Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Richard Wrangham

Ruth B. Moore Prof. of Biological Anthropology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Study Tracks Mercury Sources in Seafood

Researchers from SEAS, led by HUCE faculty associated Elsie Sunderland, have traced the worldwide origins of methylmercury in the U.S. diet
February 1, 2018

Expanding the Reach of the Bionic Leaf

HUCE postdoctoral fellow Kelsey Sakimoto works with Professors Daniel Nocera and Pamela Silver to tune their “bionic leaf” to help forge a new era of distributed agriculture
January 31, 2018

Another Climate Change Concern: Forced Migration

Harvard faculty urge development of early warning systems and robust government responses to ease the effects of climate change
September 29, 2017

The Great Nutrient Collapse

Article featuring research by PHA Director Sam Myers explores how rising CO2 levels affect food supply
September 21, 2017

Five-Minute Warnings

Video project by HUCE channels wide range of climate change knowledge at Harvard
April 24, 2017

Bringing Big Data to the Farm

‘Digital agriculture’ touted in HUCE lecture
April 7, 2017

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

MBA students offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment
March 15, 2017

Rethinking the American Diet

Radcliffe Fellow Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist, has spent the past decade studying the effects of our food choices on the planet
February 21, 2017

First 100 Days: Narratives of Normalization and Disruption

The Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) launches a new blog aimed at bringing scholarship into closer conversation with practice, and creating allowances for imagining different futures by critically reflecting on our present moment
February 3, 2017

The Climate Change Threat to Food

Shifts can affect agriculture, farming in many ways globally, panel says
December 14, 2016

Global Concerns on Climate Change

Harvard experts gather at event co-hosted by President Faust, HUCE, and the Harvard Global Institute to discuss urgency, complexity of growing problem
November 17, 2016

Fishing Gaps Called Malnutrition Threat

HUCE faculty associate Christopher Golden and colleagues calculate that declining numbers of marine fish will spell more malnutrition in many developing nations
June 15, 2016

Incorporating Environmental History

A profile on Professor of Early American History Joyce Chaplin
May 24, 2016

Warmer Weather, Finer Wines

Study coauthored by Elizabeth Wolkovich says as climate change rolls out, French grape growers get a boost, but it may prove illusory
March 21, 2016

Students Bring Fresh Perspective to Environmental Issues

HUCE funding supports undergrads from across disciplines
October 5, 2015

Climate Change: A Risk Assessment

New report, commissioned by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and co-authored by HUCE, provides stark assessment of wide-ranging dangers posed by unchecked global warming
July 17, 2015

Human-Wrought Environmental Changes Impacting Crops, Pollinators Could Harm Millions

Professor Samuel Myers authors study that quantifies potential effects of pollinator declines
July 16, 2015

A Death of Nutrition in School Lunches

At conference, food reformers strategize how to put fresher, healthier options on students’ plates
June 17, 2015

Focus on Food

Twenty-two faculty deliver lightning lectures on research, realities involving what we eat
March 9, 2015

The Biggest Ever Fruit in the World

A new study co-authored by N. Michele Holbrook and published in "Plant, Cell & Environment" explores just how big fruit can grow
January 14, 2015

Are Failing Bees our Warning Sign?

Professor suspects that hive collapses are caused by pesticides, which also could hurt human health
August 19, 2014

Harvard Robobees Closer to Pollinating Crops

Tiny flying robots are being built to pollinate crops instead of real bees
July 9, 2014

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Will Have an Impact on Food Nutrition

Research headed by Samuel Myers suggests the nutrition levels of foods will fall as the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises
May 7, 2014

Walter Willett’s Food Fight

Willett, a HUCE faculty associate and influential nutritionist, is waging a war against unhealthy eating and obesity
July 29, 2013

Healthy Menus for People and Planet

Harvard experts and food industry leaders probe intersection of diet and the environment
June 18, 2013

New England Colleges Win Awards for Reducing Food Waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Harvard for cutting food waste below previous years' levels
April 8, 2013

Steps Toward Sustainable Seafood

Dining Services maintains focus from ocean to plate
November 27, 2012

Got Local Food?

Report led by Deishin Lee examines the operational tradeoffs in the supply chain and explores how "local food" can become a viable sourcing strategy for a large retailer
February 8, 2012

Where Wild Food Matters

In remote areas, bush meat still plays pivotal role in people’s diet, says study by HUCE Fellow Christopher Golden
November 21, 2011

The Looming Water Shortage

Nestlé chief calls for more research as problem worsens
November 5, 2010

NUT 209. Seminars in Food Science, Technology, and Sustainability

The nutritional health of the public begins with food.

*ENGLISH CFCR. Following the Food Chain

Our eating represents our most consequential engagement with the natural world.

EH 212. Food and the Global Environment

In this course, we will explore the development of our modern food production and distribution system and its effects on our environment and planet.  To explore the opportunities for and challenges to achieving a sustainable food system, we will critically review published studies and other asses

*Environmental Science and Public Policy 90Y. World Food Systems and the Environment

This seminar examines the world’s systems for the production and distribution of food as they relate to the earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems.  Using scientific readings, papers about economics and politics, and cases about firms, we consider agriculture and food from scientific,

*LAW-2326: Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project

The Making Rights Real clinic will build on a partnership between Professor White, Harvard law students, and a network of Ghanaian Human Rights / Development organizations which began in 2002.

LAW 2544: Food Law Lab

This seminar will explore the legal regulation of food.

Science of Living Systems 19. Nutrition and Global Health

This course will introduce students to nutrition and global health problems through exploration of demographic, epidemiological, biological, social, political, and economic determinants of nutritional status.

LAW-2359: Food Law and Policy

This seminar will present an overview of topics in food law and policy, and will examine how these laws shape what we eat. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to a range of issues impacting the food system from farm to fork to landfill.

IGA 422: Global Food Politics and Policy

This course reviews the policy landscape around food and farming in rich and poor countries.

May 3, 2018
HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

Ecological Principles for Sustainable Crop Production: Insights from Pollination Studies

Lucas Garibaldi, Director of the Institute of Natural Resources, Agroecology, and Rural Development at the National University of Río Negro, will describe his research on the role of pollinators in food systems across the globe, and discuss the implications for ecological principles of sustainable crop production more broadly, in this talk. Hosted by the Planetary Health Alliance and the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
Thursday, May 3, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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April 26, 2018
Haller Hall (102), Geo Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Healthy Water Cycles and the Soil Carbon Sponge: New Climate Solutions

Biodiversity for a Livable Climate welcomes Walter Jehne, Director of Healthy Soils Australia, who will describe how quickly, affordably, and naturally we can reverse global warming and its effects by working with the water cycle and the soil sponge.
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 4:00pm
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March 21, 2018
Haller Hall (102), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Women for Planetary Health

Join the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) for a discussion featuring women from around the world showcasing solutions at the intersection of global environmental change, human health, and social justice. Panelists include Kinari Webb, founder of Health In Harmony; Laura Stachel, founder of We Care Solar; and Fatima Ahmed, founder of Zenab for Women in Development. Professor Gina McCarthy, Director of the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment and former EPA Administrator; Tim Wirth, former US Senator and Vice-Chair of the United Nations Foundation; and Sam Myers, Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and Principal Research Scientist at HSPH, will moderate.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 -
5:00pm to 6:30pm
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February 16, 2018
Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, 150 Harrison Ave., Boston

GlobalFood+

Seven-minute speed talks from leading faculty at BU, Harvard, MIT, and Tufts on agriculture and environmental change, human health and well-being, and the biophysical foundation of global food systems.
Friday, February 16, 2018 -
12:30pm to 4:30pm
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February 22, 2018
Room 1023, Wasserstein Campus Center, HLS, 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

Urban Farming & Food Justice

The Harvard Law Forum hosts Karen Washington, Co-founder of Black Urban Growers and Co-creator of Rise & Root Farm, who will share her insights and experience on what lawyers can do to promote urban farming and food justice.
Thursday, February 22, 2018 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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February 20, 2018
HGHI, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Global Health Student Research Seminar

Join the Harvard Global Health Institute for a ‘work-in-progress’ research seminar featuring two talented students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Kalé Kponee, HSPH, will present "Indoor Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Associated Health Risks in the Niger Delta of Nigeria," and Patrick Kearns, HSPH, will present "How Epidemiology Can Solve Multiple Sclerosis - and Why Solving Autoimmunity Should be a Priority in Global Health." Open to all Harvard University students from all disciplines and of all levels graduate and undergraduate study.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 -
6:00pm to 7:30pm
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February 12, 2018
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

China's Environmental Challenges 2018: Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantships in China

The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment, based at SEAS, will provide generous financial support for six Harvard undergraduates to spend the summer in China conducting research on China's energy and environmental future under the guidance of an English-speaking professor at a leading university, from June 15 to August 16, 2018. Join us for a Q&A session where Harvard-China Project staff and a participating Tsinghua University professor will be available to answer questions about the research assistantship program.
Monday, February 12, 2018 - 5:00pm
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April 16, 2018
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Becoming a Pathogen: On the Topology of Soil Disease in California’s Strawberry Industry" with Julie Guthman (Radcliffe Institute and UC Santa Cruz).
Monday, April 16, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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April 9, 2018
CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"The Good Seed: Braided Time and Meaning-Making on GM Seeds in India" with Ashawari Chaudhuri (MIT, HASTS).
Monday, April 9, 2018 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 31, 2017
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Bldg, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Food Policy and the Media

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy welcomes Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times Best Sellers: "The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," "The Botany of Desire, In Defense of Food," "Food Rules" and, mostly recently, "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation." In 2010 he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine. *Open to Harvard ID holders only*
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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October 25, 2017
Tozzer 203, Tozzer Anthropology Bldg., 21 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Jomon Food Diversity, Climate Change and Long-term Sustainability: Lessons from Prehistoric Japan

Junko Habu, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, presents as part of the Harvard Archaeology Seminar Series.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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November 6, 2017 to November 7, 2017
Nov. 6: Amphitheater, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, Boston Nov. 7: HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Agriculture, Nutrition, Health, and the Environment in Africa conference

A conference for leaders, scientists, and students to highlight the intersection of nutrition and health, agriculture, and the environment in Africa toward solving complex health and development challenges.
Monday, November 6, 2017 (All day) to Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (All day)
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October 12, 2017
Sanders Theater, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

Foodbetter Harvard 2017

Foodbetter Harvard invites you to ask questions about the food system and how to improve it: how to grow better, eat better, shop better, conserve better . . . how to Foodbetter. Join a Lightning Round of 5-7 minute Foodbetter Ideas shared by a cross-section of the community, as well as a discussion about how industry leaders are reinventing the food system and their communities from their Boston-area restaurants.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 -
3:30pm to 6:00pm
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October 12, 2017
Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Social Justice and the New Food Activism

Lecture by Julie Guthman, 2017–2018 Frances B. Cashin Fellow, Radcliffe Institute; professor of social sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 4:15pm
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September 19, 2017
MIT 10-250, 222 Memorial Dr., Cambridge

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative People & the Planet Lecture

Please join the Environmental Solutions Initiative and Dr. Johan Rockström, director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, for a riveting afternoon on resilient and sustainable global systems.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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September 21, 2017
Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Science, Sustainability, and the Future of Food

Ever wondered how to reconcile your love for meat with your love for the planet? Or how our global food system will realistically satisfy and nourish the world's rapidly growing population? Join Natalie Kindred, Senior Researcher at Harvard Business School's Agribusiness Department, and Pat Brown, CEO and Founder of Impossible Foods, for a lively Q&A discussion on science, entrepreneurship, and the defense of food culture, justice, and sustainability. Come curious and hungry.
Thursday, September 21, 2017 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm
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October 30, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"How Much Poison is Too Much? Calculating Hazard in International Nutrition Programs and Commodity Trade" with Lucas Mueller (MIT HASTS).
Monday, October 30, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 23, 2017
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

"Remapping Knowledge Exchange: Scientific Agriculture in Sonora, Mexico and Punjab, India" with Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Harvard, History of Science).
Monday, October 23, 2017 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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June 10, 2017
Maxwell Dworkin Bldg, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge

DayCon 2017: Planet Earth

Harvard's Science in the News invites you to a free, day-long science conference consisting of talks and interactive demonstrations given by graduate student scientists. This year’s topics include: Climate change, public health, GMOs, heat waves, agriculture, ocean heat content, honeybees, and more!
Saturday, June 10, 2017 -
10:00am to 4:30pm
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May 19, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

"Measuring Methane Emissions from Dairies" with Claudia Arndt, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Friday, May 19, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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May 8, 2017
BioLabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture

The Harvard University Center for the Environment presents "Understanding and Improving Crop Responses to Global Atmospheric Change" with Lisa Ainsworth, Associate Professor of Plant Biology; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences, USDA ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 4:00pm
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May 2, 2017
Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Evolution and Migration of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen: Darwin’s Painfully Interesting Subject

The HMNH welcomes Jean Beagle Ristaino, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security, North Carolina State University, who will discuss the latest research on P. infestans and describe Charles Darwin’s early role in the search for durable resistance to this serious plant disease.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 6:00pm
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April 13, 2017
Room S250, CGIS South Bldg, 730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs presents “The Road to Food Waste is Paved with Good Intentions” with Norbert Wilson, Professor of Food Policy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University.
Thursday, April 13, 2017 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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April 28, 2017 to April 29, 2017
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, HMS, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting

The Planetary Health Alliance, along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Ecological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, and The Lancet, invite you to the inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting, a two-day event showcasing the extraordinary momentum that is taking place around the world in the field of planetary health while highlighting institutional developments, emerging investigators, research developments, and applications to policy-making and natural resource management.
Friday, April 28, 2017 (All day) to Saturday, April 29, 2017 (All day)
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April 26, 2017
Science Center A, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Climate Week: "Improving Agriculture in a Warmer World" with David Lobell

David Lobell, William Wrigley Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Associate Professor of Earth System Science; Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 5:00pm
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March 29, 2017
Belfer 503, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Addressing Complexity: Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa

This M-RCBG hosted study group will examine the risks and challenges from the perspective of interested stakeholders looking to promote the interests of smallholders.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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April 6, 2017
MIT 1-242, Pierce Laboratory, 33 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

MIT's Water and Food Security Seminar Series

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab at MIT present "Frontiers in Groundwater Irrigation" with Visiting Professor Chandra Madramootoo.
Thursday, April 6, 2017 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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April 3, 2017
Geological Lecture Hall (100), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture

HUCE presents "Trends and Challenges in Global Agriculture: The Opportunity for Digital Ag" with Michael K. Stern, CEO and President of The Climate Corporation.
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 5:00pm
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March 10, 2017
100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

"Water-Food-Climate Squeeze: Can We (Bio)Engineer Our Way Out?" with Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Friday, March 10, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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March 9, 2017
Room S250, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

Nina Gheihman, PhD Candidate, Sociology Department, Harvard University, will present "Veganism in Vogue? Comparing a Cultural Practice in the United States, France, and Israel."
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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April 1, 2017
Austin Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., HLS, Cambridge

Just Food? Forum on Labor Across the Food System

This year’s Just Food? Conference will focus on labor in the food system, exploring the issues most relevant to those who grow, harvest, prepare, and serve our food.
Saturday, April 1, 2017 (All day)
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March 24, 2017 to March 26, 2017
Harvard University, Cambridge - Exact locations TBA

iV: The Ivy League Vegan Conference

An annual professional conference on plant-based diets and bioethics that emphasizes innovation, self-critique, and re-examination of a plant-based diet as an elegant solution to a host of pressing issues in an increasingly global community.
Friday, March 24, 2017 (All day) to Sunday, March 26, 2017 (All day)
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February 23, 2017
Science Center Hall D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Future of Food

The Harvard University Center for the Environment presents "Meeting Future Food Needs: The Global Food System Under Climate Change" with Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) as part of its newest lecture series, Future of Food.
Thursday, February 23, 2017 -
5:00pm to 6:30pm
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February 24, 2017
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Global Food+ 2017

The Weatherhead Center for International Studies hosts an afternoon of “speed talk” presentations by two dozen top scholars in the Boston area highlighting current research findings at the important nexus between food, agriculture, health, society, and the environment.
Friday, February 24, 2017 -
12:30pm to 4:30pm
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January 26, 2017
Washington Room, Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Ave., Boston

Rethinking the American Diet: Optimally Unifying Environmental and Nutritional Sciences

Gidon Eshel, Hrdy Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Research Professor of Environmental Science and Physics, speaks as part of the Harvard University Technology Assessment in Health Care Monthly Seminar Series. Continental breakfast will be served.
Thursday, January 26, 2017 -
7:45am to 9:15am
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January 31, 2017
Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge

Climate Change and Global Health Seminar

The Harvard Global Health Institute presents Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic Director Emily Broad Leib who will present on "Food Waste Policy: Solutions for People, Planet, Profit."
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:00pm
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February 9, 2017
HSPH, FXB G13, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

CANCELED: Of Mice and Men: Emerging Infectious Disease in a Warmer, More Fragmented World

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) hosts Dr. Richard Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:00pm
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January 25, 2017
Haller Hall (102), Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Film Screening & Discussion: AGE OF CONSEQUENCES

The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites you to a special screening of Age of Consequences, an investigation of climate change impacts on resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of national security and global stability. Q&A with Executive Producer Sophie Robinson to follow screening.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -
6:30pm to 8:30pm
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December 13, 2016
Live Webcast

The Future of Food: Feeding the Planet During Climate Change

The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hosts a panel discussion that will explore innovative methods and systems for producing food, as well as new types of products and underutilized sources. Presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
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December 7, 2016
Science Center 469, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Nutritionism, ‘Big Food’ and the Corporate Capture of Nutrition

The Harvard History of Science Department’s Modern Sciences Working Group and the History of Medicine Working Group host a special lunch seminar featuring Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis, Senior Lecturer in Food Politics and Policy in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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November 17, 2016
S-250 CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Food, Population, and Habitat: A Local Perspective

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs hosts Jock Herron for a talk on the nexus of population, food systems, and habitat health. Herron, Instructor at GSD, co-led the Smart Cities and Wellness Project and is currently working on a rotational grazing project in Central Massachusetts.
Thursday, November 17, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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November 30, 2016
Milstein East, Wasserstein Hall, HLS, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Transforming Our Food System

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Food Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School cordially invite you to a panel discussion about a national food policy. Learn about the ways a national food strategy could make sure every American has access to healthy, affordable food that is fair to workers, good for the environment, and improves farmers' livelihoods.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 -
5:30pm to 7:00pm
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December 7, 2016
Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

Rethinking the American Diet: Optimally Unifying Environmental and Nutritional Sciences

Gidon Eshel, Hrdy Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will give a talk as part of the 2016–2017 Fellows' Presentation Series.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - 4:00pm
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October 19, 2016
Science Center Hall B, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Pre-Release Screening & Discussion: Before the Flood

HUCE and National Geographic invite you to a special pre-release screening and discussion of the documentary film, Before the Flood. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 5:30pm
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September 8, 2016
Room S250, CGIS South Bldg 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University, will present "Why the Farm Bill is Now About Food Stamps.”
Thursday, September 8, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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September 10, 2016
Starr Auditorium, Belfer 200, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Emerging Technologies and Global Development Conference

The aim of this conference is to map emerging technologies that could address global grand challenges, review their disruptive characteristics, identify potential sources of social concern, and outline business models and public policies on how to address the social concerns.
Saturday, September 10, 2016 -
8:30am to 5:30pm
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October 26, 2016
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G13, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

Sustainability for Health Leadership Series

The Center for Health and the Global Environment hosts "Sustainable Urbanization: the Future of Aviation, Buildings and Food" with Aaron Bernstein, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment and John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer, United Technologies.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 -
12:30pm to 1:20pm
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April 28, 2016
Room S050, CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

"Scaling up Technology Delivery Systems for Food Security" with Chandra Madramootoo, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Professor, McGill University.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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April 15, 2016
Weil Town Hall, 1st Floor, Belfer Center, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

M-RCBG Seminar

Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World with Seth M. Siegel, author of Let There Be Water and Council on Foreign Relations member.
Friday, April 15, 2016 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
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April 21, 2016 to April 22, 2016
Plaza outside Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Foodbetter Harvard

A two-day, event-filled celebration of the University’s commitment to a healthy, sustainable, and just food system. Explore how food shapes our lives and world by experiencing presentations, cooking demonstrations, panels, and an innovation and sustainability fair on the ways our community tries to Foodbetter.
Thursday, April 21, 2016 (All day) to Friday, April 22, 2016 (All day)
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February 18, 2016
Room S250, CGIS South Bldg, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Workshop on the Sustainability of the World's Food and Farming Systems

William A. Masters, Professor, Tufts University, will discuss "The Big Picture for Global Hunger: Recent Transitions in Agriculture, Public Policy, and Nutrition."
Thursday, February 18, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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April 5, 2016
M-RCBG Conference Room (503), Belfer Bldg, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Addressing Climate Risks in Developing Country Food Systems: Exploring Solutions

Study group led by M-RCBG senior fellow Simon Winter.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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March 8, 2016

Addressing Climate Risks in Developing Country Food Systems: Exploring Solutions

HKS study group led by M-RCBG senior fellow Simon Winter.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 -
4:00pm to 5:30pm
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February 22, 2016
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Lisa Haushofer (Harvard, History of Science/Chemical Heritage Foundation) presents "Pepsin Era - Artificially Digested Foods and the Eating Body."
Monday, February 22, 2016 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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March 31, 2016 to April 1, 2016
45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture

Co-sponsored by Harvard Divinity School and Food Literacy Project, this conference aims to bring together farmers, religious and spiritual leaders, and academics in a robust and stimulating discussion about the spirit of sustainable agriculture, delineating its past, celebrating and investigating its present, and theorizing its future. 
Thursday, March 31, 2016 (All day) to Friday, April 1, 2016 (All day)
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March 25, 2016 to March 26, 2016

Harvard’s Just Food? Forum on Land Use, Rights and Ecology

A conference exploring land and the food system: how land affects what we eat, who we are, and the environment we live in.
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 3:00pm to Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 4:30pm
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December 3, 2015
Northwest Labs B103, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge

Our Campus, Our World Series

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Food”
Thursday, December 3, 2015 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
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November 16, 2015
Lowell House Junior Common Room, Harvard University, Cambridge

What Happens After HUDS?

Come learn about food rescue and sustainability from a panel of experts working on these topics at Harvard and in the greater community.
Monday, November 16, 2015 -
8:00pm to 9:00pm
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October 27, 2015
CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room K262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Southeast Asia Explores Sustainable Development: Coping with Socioeconomic Difficulties, Big Power Rivalry, and Climate Change

A conference presented by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 -
9:00am to 5:30pm
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November 13, 2015 to November 14, 2015
MIT Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst St., Cambridge

2015 MIT Water Summit

MIT presents the 2015 Water Summit, "Thriving with Change."
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 3:00pm to Saturday, November 14, 2015 - 5:00pm
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October 19, 2015
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G12, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Center for Health and the Global Environment Special Lecture

John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer of United Technologies, will speak about his new book, "Food Foolish"
Monday, October 19, 2015 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
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September 30, 2015
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge

Super Subs, Not Superbugs

Screening of Michael Graziano’s Documentary, “Resistance”
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 5:00pm
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September 25, 2015
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge

Talks by the Global American Studies Postdoctoral Fellows

The Program in Global American Studies, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, presents talks from postdoctoral fellows Megan Black, Samantha Iyers, Justin Leroy, and Stuart Schrader.
Friday, September 25, 2015 -
4:00pm to 6:00pm
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October 26, 2015
Pierce 100F, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Susanne E. Freidberg, Chair, Department of Geography, Dartmouth, will discuss “Obstinate Harvest: Corporate Food and the Technoscience of Supply Chain Sustainability.”
Monday, October 26, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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October 5, 2015
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

HUBweek: Four Global Health Threats, Four Global Health Opportunities

Join faculty from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a wide-ranging discussion examining four major global health threats that are challenging the lives and health of people in the US and globally.
Monday, October 5, 2015 -
9:00am to 1:30pm
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September 8, 2015
K262, the Bowie-Vernon Room, Knafel Building, CGIS, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

STS Circle at Harvard

Andreas Mitzschke, Maastricht University, will present on "Competing, Conflicting, and Contested Futures: Temporal Imaginaries in the GM Crops Controversy".
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 -
12:15pm to 2:00pm
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February 27, 2015
Harvard Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street 1st Floor, Cambridge

Harvard Food+ Research Symposium

The Symposium will feature 20 Harvard faculty members from 8 schools and a dozen departments giving 7 minute "speed presentations" on their current Food+ research
Friday, February 27, 2015 -
12:30pm to 4:30pm
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March 18, 2015
Wellesley College Science Center, Room SCI-277, 106 Central St., Wellesley

The Orchard Ecosystem

An Arnold Arboretum Lecture with Michael Phillips, Farmer and Orchardist, Lost Nation Orchard at Heartsong Farm, Groveton, NH
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 -
12:30pm to 3:30pm
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March 29, 2015

Harvard's Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic and environmental justice and the food system. A collaboration of the Harvard Food Law Society and Food Literacy Project as part of Food Better.
Sunday, March 29, 2015 (All day)
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October 3, 2014
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Food Better Harvard Launch Symposium and Reception

Get an overview of the food system and then delve into its four primary categories: production, marketing and distribution, nutrition, and waste. Hear from Harvard-affiliated speakers about how they are working to Food Better or innovate within the topic areas.
Friday, October 3, 2014 -
3:00pm to 5:30pm
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March 31, 2014
HSPH, Kresge, Room 502, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston

HSPH Nutrition Seminar Series

“Do pollinators matter for human nutrition?” with Alicia Ellis
Monday, March 31, 2014 -
12:30pm to 1:30pm
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November 20, 2013
Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston

Food Chain Restoration in the Face of Climate Change

Gary Paul Nabhan, W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Arizona
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 7:30pm
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February 28, 2013
Quincy House, 58 Plympton Street, Cambridge

Food Systems in the U.S.

A discussion with Professor Chin Jou from the History of Science Department
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 6:45pm
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October 26, 2011
Phillips Brooks House Parlor Room, Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Food Day

A discussion about food and sustainability at Harvard and beyond.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 8:30pm
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Future of Food with Lisa Ainsworth

Monday, May 8 - "Understanding and Improving Crop Responses to Global Atmospheric Change"

Lisa Ainsworth, Associate Professor of Plant Biology; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences, USDA ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Climate Week: “Improving Agriculture in a Warmer World” with David Lobell

Wednesday, April 26 - "Improving Agriculture in a Warming World"

David Lobell, William Wrigley Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Associate Professor of Earth System Science; Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University

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The Future of Food: Michael K. Stern

Monday, April 3 - "Trends and Challenges in Global Agriculture: The Opportunity for Digital Ag"

Michael K. Stern, CEO and President, The Climate Corporation

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The Future of Food: Shenggen Fan

Thursday, February 23 - "Meeting Future Food Needs: The Global Food System Under Climate Change"

Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Ecological Systems in the Anthropocene: "Can Conservation Biology Survive the Anthropocene?"

Thursday, October 27 - Ecological Systems in the Anthropocene: "Can Conservation Biology Survive the Anthropocene?"

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Climate Week: "Corporations and Climate Change: A Conversation with Unilever CEO Paul Polman"

Friday, April 10 – "Corporations and Climate Change: A Conversation with Unilever CEO Paul Polman"
Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever

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Harvard Food+ Research Symposium

Friday, February 27 — Harvard Research Symposium on the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society
Hosted by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

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HUCE Special Lecture: Lester Brown

November 1, 2013 – "Peak Water: What Happens When The Wells Go Dry?"
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute

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HUCE Special Lecture: Peter Brabeck

October 28, 2010 – "Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector"
Peter Brabeck, Nestlé Chairman

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Biodiversity: Mary Power

April 22, 2010 – "Food Webs in River Networks: Algal Mediated Linkages of Rivers to Watershed and Nearshore Marine Ecosystems"
Mary Power, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley

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Biodiversity: Stephen Long

February 4, 2010 – "Bioenergy, Biodiversity, Food and Global Change Mitigation: Can we have it all?"
Stephen Long, Professor of Crop Sciences, Robert Emerson Professor, and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Harvard Food Better

Over the coming year, the Harvard community will focus on the food system and how to improve it – how to grow better, eat better, shop better, conserve better . . . how to Food Better. This year, the Harvard Innovation Lab is hosting a year-long Deans' Food System Challenge, in which students from across the university are invited to develop innovative solutions to make our food system more healthy and sustainable. In conjunction with the Challenge, the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard University Dining Services, Food Literacy Project, and Harvard Office for Sustainability are opening a year-long, community-wide dialogue about how we can Food Better, which will include events, field trips and more.

Food Literacy Project

The Food Literacy Project cultivates an understanding of food from the ground up. Education focuses on four integrated areas of food and society: agriculture, nutrition, food preparation and community. Ultimately, the project goal is to promote enduring knowledge, enabling consumers to make informed food choices.

The Food Law Lab

The Food Law Lab was founded in the Fall of 2013 by Professor Jacob Gersen as a center for coordinated and directed research in the emerging field of food law. The Food Law Lab is currently situated within the Petrie-Flom Center, and works closely with the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic.

Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic

The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) was established in 2010 to link Harvard Law School students with opportunities to work with clients and communities on various food law and policy issues. The FLPC provides legal advice to nonprofits and government agencies seeking to increase access to healthy foods, prevent diet-related diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and reduce barriers to market entry for small-scale and sustainable food producers, while educating law students about ways to use law and policy to impact the food system.

Center for Health and the Global Environment

The mission of the Center is to help people understand that our health, and that of our children, depends on the health of the environment, and that we must do everything we can to protect it. To fulfill its mission, the Center organizes a number of programs for physicians, scientists, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

The research activities sponsored by the Weatherhead Center range from individual projects and small working groups to major international conferences. They address international affairs in the broadest sense, including international economics, international relations, international security, comparative politics, political economy, and global studies.

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