Tomorrow, we will be hosting our 1st Annual Food Tank Summit in Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
The event and our dinner tomorrow evening at Eataly are both SOLD OUT. A huge thanks to Barilla for hosting the dinner and we’re honored that the Chicago Tribune’s Bill Daley will be our guest speaker.
The Summit will have more than 35 incredible speakers and thanks to support from Organic Valley we are making the entire day available completely FREE via live stream at FoodTank.com. And we’ll feature in-depth interviews with speakers on Facebook Live.
Our social media team we will be taking your questions for speakers. We ask that you join us live using #FoodTank on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or email me at danielle@foodtank.com. The entire room will see your social media posts via our partnership with Tagboard.
Will you join us for the live stream tomorrow and spread the word about this terrific FREE online event?
We ask you to share the following samples on social media and let’s, once again, get the Food Tank Summit trending nationwide across the United States.
TWITTER
Tomorrow! Check out the @Food_Tank Summit. 35+ Speakers. Changing Food From the Ground Up. Watch FoodTank.com. Discuss: #FoodTank.
FACEBOOK
Yes, we can change the food system from the ground up! More than 35+ speakers will share how they are leading change tomorrow at the #FoodTank Summit. The event will be streaming live FREE all day (9:00AM-5:00PM CST). Tune in at FoodTank.com. Backstage interview w/ speakers on Food Tank’s page via Facebook Live. Join the conversation using #FoodTank.
INSTAGRAM
Tune in tomorrow! @Food_Tank is hosting an incredible event at the University of Chicago. 35+ speakers. All free via livestream (9AM-5PM EST). Tune on FoodTank.com and join the conversation at #FoodTank.
Any help spreading the word will be greatly appreciated–we really want these debates and discussions to reach a wide, global audience.
We have curated more than 35 incredible speakers including: Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary; Rick Bayless, Frontera; Alesha Black, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Alexander Borschow, Semillero Ventures, LLC; Ben Burkett, National Family Farm Coalition; Billy Burdett, Advocates for Urban Agriculture; Kevin Cleary, Clif Bar & Company; Mel Coleman, Niman Ranch; Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune; Monica Eng, WBEZ; Bruce Friedrich, The Good Food Institute; Shayna Harris, Farmer’s Fridge; Pamela Hess, Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture; Fred Iutzi, The Land Institute; Greg Kearns, Heifer International; Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University; Stacey Kole, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Karen Lehman, Fresh Taste; Cassandra Ly, Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) Alumni Association; Juliette Majot, IATP; Angela Mason, Windy City Harvest; David MacLennan, Cargill; Lisa Moon, The Global FoodBanking Network; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Patrick O’Neill, Amp Your Good; Jonathan Pereira, Plant Chicago; Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, The World Food Prize; Harry Rhodes, Growing Home; Shruti Singh, Bloomberg News; Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed; Elanor Starmer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Roger Thurow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Sarah Vared, ReFED; William Warshauer, TechnoServe; and Emily Zack, LUREC.
Help us spread the word and please join us tomorrow!
We can’t wait to get your ideas, feedback, comments, and questions into the discussion.
Sincerely,
Danielle Nierenberg
President, Food Tank