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Bridging the Gap between Farmers and Consumers: A Sustainable Food Seal

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Roundtable
A "sustainable food seal" is critical to move consumer markets on sustainability.
Speakers
Paul E. Schickler, III
Han Chen
Francesca DeBiase
Peggy Tsai Yih
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About This Event

If we are ever going to move consumer markets on sustainability, a standardized approach to labelling on claims and impacts will be critical. Yet questions remain over the best approaches, and how we must rethink storytelling, governance, and branding to help differentiate regenerative, low-impact or alt-protein products at scale. That is why we are excited to announce a new roundtable that will tackle the challenge head on.

Join this webinar hosted by Reuters to hear perspectives from food and agriculture experts, and have your say on major talking points such as:

  • How do we close the gap between farmers and consumers through MRV (measurement, reporting, and verification) and product labelling?
  • What’s working well in creating incentives for voluntary data recording that is proving instrumental in guiding consumer buying power?
  • If a sustainable food seal is the catalyst for bringing together all impacts beyond GHG (greenhouse gases) to water, social, biodiversity and more, how then do we prioritize impacts or claims governance in labelling and storytelling?
  • Is there more that we can do in reshaping retail and food service experiences to help reinforce sustainable, regenerative, and net-positive food choices beyond the middle class?

Our moderator and panelists have already done a lot of work bringing together international case studies and best practice into a report. It is well worth a read before the roundtable if you can find the time!

About the Speakers
Paul E. Schickler, III
Former President, DuPont Pioneer
Paul E. Schickler is pictured from the shoulders up wearing a gray suit jacket over a white button-up and red tie, and is smiling into the camera.
Paul E. Schickler was President from 2007 to 2017 of DuPont Pioneer, the advanced seed genetics business of DuPont. In this role he continued to expand Pioneer’s global business by remaining focused on innovation that improves local productivity and profitability of farmers in more than 90 countries.
Paul E. Schickler is pictured from the shoulders up wearing a gray suit jacket over a white button-up and red tie, and is smiling into the camera.
CEO, ZeaKal, Inc
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Han Chen is the CEO and Co-Founder of ZeaKal, Inc. He has been a pioneer in changing how agricultural trait technologies are commercialized, focusing on innovative public-private partnerships between industry, venture, and research.
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Francesca DeBiase
Former Executive Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain Officer, McDonald's
Francesca DeBiase is pictured from the shoulders up wearing a blue dress and is smiling into the camera.
Francesca DeBiase is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer at McDonald's. As a pioneer in the integration of supply chain and sustainability, she developed and ran combined supply chain and sustainability operations which contributed to McDonald's stand-setting leadership in this space.
Francesca DeBiase is pictured from the shoulders up wearing a blue dress and is smiling into the camera.
Peggy Tsai Yih
Former Managing Director, Center on Global Food and Agriculture
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Peggy Tsai Yih led the Council’s continued work on global food and nutrition security and in advancing a more sustainable and resilient food system. She has 20 years of experience in food, agriculture, and natural resource policy, with nearly 15 years at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.
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Bridging the Gap: A "Sustainable Food Seal" A "sustainable food seal" empowers consumers and farmers to support a more sustainable food supply chain.