2019 Round Table meetings

 January 16-18, 2019 – San Mateo, CA
Innovation in Food and Agriculture

Welcome Session:  Start-Ups Bringing Innovation to Agriculture
Jim Borel, DuPont (retired), Moderator
John Dombrosky, AgTech Accelerator
Brook Porter, Green Growth Venture Fund (G2VP)
Rob Trice, Better Food Ventures & The Mixing Bowl

Opening Keynote:  Finding and Funding Innovation in Agriculture
Constance Cullman, Farm Foundation, Moderator
Rob-Leclerc, AgFunder

Session One:  A Look at New Plant and Soil Technologies
Michael Parrish, Bayer, Moderator
David Perry, Indigo
Spencer Maughan, Hi Fidelity Genetics
Jenny Du, Apeel Sciences

Session Two:  A Look at New Animal and Protein Technologies
John Foltz, Ohio State University, Moderator
Mitch Abrahamsen, Recombinetics
Eric Schulze, Memphis Meats
David Faber, TransOva Genetics

Session Three:  A Look at New Equipment and Data Technologies
Luke Chandler, Deere & Company
Luccas Joppa, Microsoft
Julie DiNatalie, Granular
Charles Baron, Farmers Business Network

Session Four:  A Look at Regulating New Technologies
Karen Carr, Arent Fox LLP, Moderator
Adrianne Massey, Biotechnology Industry Organization (retired)
Henry-Miller, Pacific Research Institute

Closing Keynote:  Consumer Acceptance of New Technologies
Constance Cullman, Farm Foundation
Rohit Shukla, Larta Institute

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Here are articles and reports related to innovation in food and agriculture.

• Washington Post, Dec. 17, 2018: Gene-edited farm animals are coming.  Will we eat them?
• Forbes, Dec. 17, 2018: JUST Beefs Up Plans to Grow Alternatives to Animal Agriculture in Asia
• Forbes, Sept. 19, 2018: “Indigo Agriculture Closes $250 million deal to launch digital farmers market”
• FoodFutureCo, Aug. 14, 2018: “What food tech innovations have real potential to change our food system?”
• The New Food Economy, July 30, 2018: “How scientists are hijacking plant skeletons to make lab-grown steaks“
• The Boss Magazine, September 2018: “Aiming for Abundance: Women in AgriTech“
• Financial Post, June 18, 2018: “‘The Amazon of Farm Products’: How a Silicon Valley startup aims to disrupt the Canada’s farm industry”
• Friends of the Earth, June 2018:  “From Lab to Fork: Critical questions on Laboratory-Created Animal Product Alternatives”
• Quartz, Oct. 3, 2018: “The Future of Food: The Future of Food is Farming Cells, Not Cattle”
• Quartz, Oct. 3, 2018: “The Future of Food: The Biggest Hurdle Genetically-Engineered Food Faces Isn’t Science–It’s Us”