Free Viewing Party at McHenry County College Room B166-67. Join and network with others interested in improving our local food system!

TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” is licensed and organized by Diane Hatz, founder and executive director of Change Food.  The first event took place in February 2011; the fifth event will take place on March 7, 2015.

The 2015 all-day event will be held on Saturday, March 7, from 9:30am central until 5:00pm and includes over a dozen dynamic speakers spanning the entire food spectrum from farming to food arts.

• Joel Berg – New York City Coalition Against Hunger
• Dana Cowin – Food & Wine
• Alkemia Earth – DJ and plant-based nutritionist
• Robert Graham, MD – Lenox Hill Hospital
• Henry Hargreaves – Photographer and artist
• Kendra Kimbirauskas – Friends of Family Farmers
• Nikiko Masumoto – Masumoto Family Farm
• Michele Merkel – Food & Water Watch
• Danny Meyer – Union Square Hospitality Group
• Danielle Nierenberg – Food Tank
• Ali Partovi – Angel Investor
• Stephen Reily – Seed Capital Kentucky
• Stefanie Sacks, RD – Culinary nutritionist, author
• Anim Steel – Real Food Challenge
• Shen Tong – FOOD-X
• Marcel Van Ooyen – GrowNYC
• Ietef “DJ Cavem Moetavation” Vita – Eco-HipHop
• Green Bronx Machine –  TEDxManhattan Award Winner

Topics will include:

• The necessity of women farmers in the food movement
• How US law favors large agribusiness companies and not small farmers
• Teaching students about health through hip hop
• Food as medicine
• Beyond food hubs – local food and local food economies
• Why organic really isn’t more expensive
• What we really need to end hunger
• How small changes in your eating can make huge differences
• And much more!