Hear from experts in food sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, and sustainability.

Online Event – 4 Panels

Food experts will discuss:

• Consumers’ demand for increased transparency – what is driving it?
• What is transparency?
• Which aspects of transparency are most important to which stakeholders
• Challenges and opportunities of increased transparency
• Accuracy, commercial free speech, truthful label claims, litigation
• How to create transparent policies that are compliant with existing laws/regulations

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Attendance Rates

• $40 for visitors
• $10 for Alumni
• $0 for MHSL students, faculty, staff, and HLI Advisory Board members

Speakers:

• Charlie Arnot,  CEO, The Center for Food Integrity
• Leah Nicholls, Senior Attorney, Public Justice
• Shelly Becker, Assistant General Counsel, SunOpta, Inc.
• Jeff Varcoe, Vice President, Manufacturing Technical Services, Schwan’s Company
• David Graham, Partner, Dykema Gossett, PLLP
• Shirley Boyd, retired VP and Associate General Counsel, Cargill, Incorporated; Adjunct Professor, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law and University of Minnesota

Schedule

9-9:05am: Welcome and Intro from David Graham, Partner,  Dykema Law Firm

9:05-9:50am: Food Transparency: What is it?
Charlie Arnot, CEO, The Center for Food Integrity (30 min presentation, 15 min Q&A)

9:50-10:35am: AgGag, Whistleblowers and First Amendment – Leah Nicholls, Senior Attorney, Public Justice  (30 min presentation, 15 min Q&A) – Staff – Public Justice Food Project

10:35-10:50am: BREAK

10:50-11:05am: Company Panel Introduction – Panel Facilitator, Shirley Boyd, former Assistant General Counsel, Cargill (retired); Adjunct Professor, Mitchell-Hamline School of Law.

11:05-11:45am: Panel: Company Responses to Consumer Desires for Transparency

• SunOpta: Shelly Becker, Assistant General Counsel
• Schwans: Jeff Varcoe, Vice President, Manufacturing Technical Services

11:45-12:00pm: Audience Q&A