8:45 AM EST Pre-Summit Showcase
9:00 AM EST Welcoming Remarks
- Jack Reed, U.S. Senator for Rhode Island
- Elizabeth Tanner, Secretary of Commerce for Rhode Island
- Marc B. Parlange, President, University of Rhode Island
- Katharine Hazard Flynn, Executive Director, URI Business Engagement Center
9:10 AM EST Implementing a National Seafood Strategy: NOAA Fisheries’ work to sustainably manage marine fisheries and produce seafood responsibly
Presenter: Janet Coit, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
9:35 AM EST Building Resilience with our State’s Food Strategy
Presenter: Juli Stelmaszyk, Director of Food Strategy for Rhode Island, Commerce RI
9:55 AM EST BREAK
10:00 AM EST Exploring the intricate relationship between farming practices and long term ocean health.
Presenters: Beth Alaimo, Education Program Manager, Ocean Hour Farm; Sara Wuerstle, Farm Director, Ocean Hour Farm; Moderated by Katharine Hazard Flynn, Executive Director, URI Business Engagement Center
10:30 AM EST Regenerative Agriculture: Our role in supporting environmental stewardship
Presenters: Patrick Bauer, Assistant Professor, Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems, University of Rhode Island; Laura Haverland and Andrew Morley, Sweet and Salty Farm; Jayne Merner Senecal, Earth Care Farm; Dawn Spears, Ashawaug Farm; Moderated by Juli Stelmaszyk, Director of Food Strategy for Rhode Island, Commerce RI
11:15 AM EST BREAK
11:20 AM EST Solving challenges facing sustainable seafood production
Presenters: Rebecca Brown, Professor and Department Chair, Plant Sciences and Entomology, University of Rhode Island; Rachel Hutchinson, Marine Program Specialist, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Barnstable County; Stuart Meltzer, Founder and Owner, Fearless Fish; Hirotsugu Uchida, Professor, Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island; Moderated by Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Professor, Aquaculture/Fisheries, University of Rhode Island
12:00 PM EST Food Summit Wrap-Up
* Program is subject to change.
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