One guess where I’ll be next week. The USFRA Food Dialogues in Chicago. That’s where. Here’s the latest information on the discussion next week.
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA®) today announce the list of panelists participating in the upcoming Food Dialogues: Chicago. Integrity in Food Marketing event, on June 10 at the InterContinental Hotel. Thirteen-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, author and Dr. OZ consumer and investigative correspondent, Elisabeth Leamy (elisabethleamy.com/home), will moderate an expert group of farmers and ranchers, food industry executives, marketing ethics academia and consumer representatives, all well-known in their respective fields for their expertise in how food is marketed. Panelists include:
Michael Dimock, president of Roots of Change
Mike Donahue, former CCO of McDonald’s, now owner and brand architect of LYFE Kitchen
Alan Moskowitz, Director, Communispace
Connie Tipton, CEO, International Dairy Foods Association
Dawn Caldwell, family farmer from Edgar, Neb.; Communications Manager for the Aurora Cooperative; Lady of Ag blogger
Clarke Caywood, professor and tenured member of the Integrated Marketing Communications Department, Northwestern University
Emily Paster, food writer, West of the Loop
Chuck Wirtz, Iowa pork producer from Whittemore, Iowa
Where: Hotel Intercontinental on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue
When: Tuesday, June 10 from 10-11:30 a.m.
Why: You’ll hear from experts and be able to frame your own thoughts on how to tell your own food production story
The event will be streamed live on the Food Dialogues website.