Chicago, Illinois - The Food Tank Summit features an unprecedented collection of more than 40 different speakers, journalists, and experts from the food and agriculture field.

Confirmed Speakers Include (more surprises to be announced): 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; 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; Greg Kearns, Heifer International; Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University; Stacey Kole, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Corby Kummer, Atlantic Monthly; Karen Lehman, Fresh Taste; Fred Lutzi, The Land Institute; Cassandra Ly, Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) Alumni Association; Juliette Majot, IATP; Angela Mason, Windy City Harvest; David MacLennan, Cargill; Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute; Lisa Moon, The Global FoodBanking Network; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Jonathan Pereira, Plant Chicago; Harry Rhodes, Growing Home; Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed; Elanor Starmer, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Roger Thurow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Sarah Vared, ReFED; William Warshauer, TechnoServe; Emily Zack, LUREC

Following the event, attendees are invited to a special reception held at Eataly (43 E Ohio St., Chicago) along with a four-course dinner combined with wine pairings specially curated by the executive chef. 

HURRY! Buy your tickets today because the event will sell out (for your 25% discount, please use the promotion code: 25OFF): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-we-can-change-the-food-system-the-2016-food-tank-summit-tickets-20817007229