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GLOBAL FOOD+ 2021

GLOBAL FOOD+ 2021: 40 Speed Talks on Boston area research at the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Health, Environment, and Society
March 5, 2021

1:00–1:07
Alex De Waal, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Professorial Fellow, London School of Economics.
“Progress in Prohibiting Starvation Crimes”

1:09–1:16
Jessica Leibler, Boston University School of Public Health.
“Zoonotic Infections among Cattle Workers in the United States”

1:18–1:25
Benedetto Marelli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“A Silk Wrap to Extend Food Shelf Life”

1:27–1:34
Adolfo Cuevas, Tufts University.
“Psychosocial Stress, Nutrition, and the Obesity Epidemic”

1:36–1:43
Jason Block, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
“An Update on the Federal Calorie Labeling Law”

1:45–1:52
Caterina Scaramelli, Boston University.
“Seed Stories: Agrobiodiversity, Vegetables, and Locality in Turkey”

1:54–2:01
Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, Tufts Medical Center.
“How Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Adiposity Impact the Metabolome at Birth”

2:03–2:10
Chris Golden, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“Social-Ecological Traps, Coral Reef Fisheries, and the Nutrition Transition”

2:12–2:19
Nicole Blackstone
Assistant Professor, Division of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University.
“Fruits, Vegetables, and the Risk of Forced Labor”

2:21–2:28
Dave Des Marais, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Applying Lessons from Plant Biology to Ensure Crop Resilience”

Mar 5, 2021 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)