
THE RISING BATTLE FOR FOOD: Global Solidarity to Increase Food System Resilience Join us and our panel of experts in a discussion about food security, hunger and how we can rebuild our food systems by making them more sustainable and resilient — especially in a time of global pandemic. The panel will also talk about approaches we can take to mitigate our climate crisis through our agricultural systems by explaining the linkages among agriculture, food systems and the environment. Panelists: Dr. Sweta Chakraborty Risk and Behavioral Scientist, U.S. Representative - We Don't Have Time Max Finberg President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally Umezuruike Linus Opara Distinguished Professor Stellenbosch University, Laureate - African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Prize for Life and Earth Sciences President, CIGR - International Commission of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering President, AfroAgEng - The pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering Jillian Semaan Director of Food and Agriculture, Earth Day Network Elizabeth Whitlow Executive Director, Regenerative Organic Alliance