BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e7c8b909-a391-4aa6-a0f5-0d462a6e28c3.216975@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20210903T145054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T145054Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - The future of sustainable food: Bridgi ng the hunger divide DESCRIPTION:Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website for Zo om link)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the U.S.\, more than 70 billion pounds of food g o uneaten each year\, “all while more than 40 million Americans go hungry ” (Shea\, 2018). Yet as food is wasted\, the recent effects of COVID-19 h ave doubled the number of people considered food insecure (Schanzenback a nd Pits\, 2020). Food pantries deal with unprecedented challenges of incr eased demand\, volunteer shortages\, reduced donations and backlogged sup ply chains. From growers to consumers\, Americans face a turning point th at is reshaping the future of food. How can America address the hunger di vide? What policies will have the largest effect in reducing waste and sa ving resources for the next generation? What actions are necessary to ens ure that no Americans face food insecurity? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><arti cle>\n<div>\n<p>Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website f or Zoom link)</p>\n</div>\n</article>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In the U.S.\, more than 70 billion pounds of food go uneaten each year\, “all while mo re than 40 million Americans go hungry” (Shea\, 2018). Yet as food is was ted\, the recent effects of COVID-19 have doubled the number of people co nsidered food insecure (Schanzenback and Pits\, 2020). Food pantries deal with unprecedented challenges of increased demand\, volunteer shortages\ , reduced donations and backlogged supply chains. From growers to consume rs\, Americans face a turning point that is reshaping the future of food. How can America address the hunger divide? What policies will have the l argest effect in reducing waste and saving resources for the next generat ion? What actions are necessary to ensure that no Americans face food ins ecurity?</p>\n</div>\n</article></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210930T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210930T115000 SEQUENCE:1 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR