A conference focusing on one of New York City`s biggest policy challenges: delivering wholesome, quality food in a timely manner to those who need it. The conference addressed issues such as energy, sustainability, affordability, public health, jobs, neighborhood preservation, and globalization. Speakers included Lee Bollinger, Scott Stringer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Maya Wiley, and H.E. Father Miguel d`Escoto Brockmann.

Pt 1 - Bollinger
Pt 2 - Stringer
Pt 3 - d`Escoto
Pt 4 - Bloomberg
Pt 5 - Wiley
Pt 6 - Forster
Pt 7 - Panel

Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and professor of applied economics at Cornell University, and the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate.  

Cornell Professor David Just. 

David Stevenson, director of the Policy, Planning and Strategy Division of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). 

The United Nations Studies Program presents a panel discussion with Jeffrey Sachs, John Holmes, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Ajaykumar Manubhai Vashee on the food crisis; moderated by Elisabeth Lindenmayer