When
18 May 2017
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Location
Techcode, 1172 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94040

Register at http://www.cornellnorcal.com/event-2528401/Registration

•  Member – $20.00   
•  Member (Late Registration) – $22.00   
•  Non-Member – $25.00   
•  Non-Member (Late fee) – $28.00   
 
Anyway you look at it, Food Waste is a problem of enormous proportions. Over 1/3rd of the food produced globally goes to waste. The value of this wasted food is worth over $1 trillion, weighs 1.3 billion tons, and is a massive contributor to greenhouse gases. There are numerous reasons that contribute to this problem starting from the food wasted at home, the supply chain, cultural perceptions etc. We will discuss some of these issues from a historical perspective, contrast them with how these issues are currently dealt with, and learn about what we can do to help alleviate this problem.

Our Speakers:
Janet Beizer, a Cornell alumna, is a Professor of Romances Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She is currently a Guggenheim fellow, and a Martha Sutton Weeks fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. While at the Center this year, Beizer is working on a book project tentatively called The Harlequin Eaters: The Patchwork Imaginary of Nineteenth-Century Paris. The concept of “harlequins” refers to the practice, in 19th century Paris, of reassembling dinner scraps cleared from the plates of the wealthy to sell, re-plated, to the poor.

Charlie Barre, a Graduate of the Marshall School of Business from University of Southern California, is the Head of Growth at Copia. Charlie is helping businesses reduce food waste and maximize savings. She also works on re-purposing edible surplus to feed local communities in need.

Beverages and light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Questions? Please contact Raj Uppala, MBA ’15 at Avu3@cornell.edu.