Workshop on Mapping the Food System and its Effects
Event Type
Workshop
Speaker
Marty Heller
Sponsor
Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine
Details
September 16, 2013 1:30pm - September 17, 5:15pm
Washington, DC
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) held a public workshop on Mapping the Food System and its Effects. The workshop included various speakers who presented information on the following topics:
1) Defining the food system
2) Environmental effects of the food system
3) Socioeconomic effects of the food system
4) Health effects of the food system
5) Use of frameworks and sustainability indicators
The agenda and presentations from the speakers are located at: http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/Nutrition/AssessingFoodSystems/Sept%20Workshop/Presentations/Heller%20IOM%20091713.pdf