EVENTS & MEDIA

Upcoming

  • March 16, 2026. “The health, environmental, economic, and social impacts of shifting to recommended diets in the US”. Invited talk at the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences research colloquium. To be presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone.
  • August 29, 2025. “Coupled health, environmental, economic, and social impacts of shifting to recommended diets in the US”. Oral presentation at the International Union of Nutritional Sciences’ International Congress of Nutrition (IUNS-ICN) in Paris, France – to be presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone.
  • August 27, 2025. “Are ultra-processed foods more affordable? A cost comparison of ultra-processed and non-ultra-processed foods consumed by U.S. adults”. Oral presentation at the International Union of Nutrition Sciences’ International Congress of Nutrition (IUNS-ICN) in Paris, France – to be presented by Fang Fang Zhang.

Past Events

  • July 27, 2025. “Labeling Preferences for Processed Foods: A Case Study of ‘Caught’ and ‘Processed’ Origins in Canned Tuna”. Oral presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO – Presented by Shijun Gao. Co-Authors: Sean Cash, Jessica Sparks.
  • August 13, 2025. “Tradeoffs in Sustainable Nutrition”. Food and Nutrition Innovation Institute ‘Regenerate 2025’ Convening. Presented by Sean Cash.
  • July 27, 2025. “Behavioral Insights into Consumer Preferences for Ethical Labels: Evidence from the Canned Tuna Market”. Oral presentation at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO – Presented by Shijun Gao. Co-Authors: Sean Cash, Jessica Sparks.
  • December 5, 2024. “What Matters for Sustainable Diets? Results of a Global Expert Elicitation Across Environmental, Social, Health and Economic Domains”. Webinar with the Food Systems for Innovation Lab (recording) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Sean Cash, and Katherine Fuller
  • November 15, 2024. “Sustainable diets: the what, the why, and the how”. Presentation at Health and Fitness in the 21st Century at Regis College – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • November 8, 2024. “Modeling the health, environmental, economic, and social impacts of shifting to U.S.-recommended dietary patterns”. Poster at the Tufts 2024 Team Science Summit: Collaborations at the Intersection of Climate and Health – poster by Kyra Battaglia
  • November 8, 2024. “An Assessment of the Most Important Metrics for Characterizing the Sustainability of Dietary Patterns: Results of an International Expert Elicitation”. Presentation at the Tufts 2024 Team Science Summit: Collaborations at the Intersection of Climate and Health – poster by Katherine Fuller
  • November 8, 2024. “Modeling the climate and health impacts of dietary policies and interventions”. Presentation at the Tufts 2024 Team Science Summit: Collaborations at the Intersection of Climate and Health – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • October 16, 2024. “Sustainable Diets”. Presentation at the Tufts Friedman School Food and Nutrition Innovation Council Summit – panel presentation by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • September 17, 2024. “The challenge of measuring sustainability and resiliency across food systems”. Presentation at the UVM Food Systems Research Summit – panel presentation by Kyra Battaglia
  • September 17, 2024. “Modeling the health, environmental, economic, and social impacts of shifting to U.S.-recommended dietary patterns”. Poster at the UVM Food Systems Research Summit – poster by Kyra Battaglia and Julia Nelson
  • September 9, 2024. “Nutrition-related health and environmental impacts of shifting to recommended diets in the US”. Refereed conference presentation at LCA Food Conference in Barcelona, Spain – Presented by Brooke Bell and Nicole Tichenor Blackstone.
  • July 29, 2024: “An Assessment of the Most Important Metrics for Characterizing the Sustainability of Dietary Patterns: Results of an International Expert Elicitation”. Presentation at the 2024 Agricultural & Applied Economics (AAEA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA – presented by Sean Cash and Katherine Fuller
  • June 8, 2024: “The human cost of healthy diets: forced labor risk in current versus recommended dietary patterns”. Presentation at the AFHVS-ASFS Annual Meeting in Syracuse, NY – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • October 10, 2023: “Research Gaps and Future Direction,” Presentation to National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Food Forum session on Food Product Labeling: Challenges of Defining Sustainability.” (recording) – presented by Sean Cash
  • September 13, 2023: “Defining Sustainability and the Impact on Labeling: Consumer response and industry implications,” Presentation at Food Labeling: Evolving Regulatory Compliance Conference, Arlington, VA – presented by Sean Cash
  • July 25, 2023: Cost of Grocery Foods Consumed by US Adults in NHANES, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC (slides) – Presented by Sean Cash
  • July 18, 2023: Sustainability Labels and the Food Consumer, IFT First, Chicago, IL – presented by Sean Cash
  • July 18, 2023: “What Pitfalls Could Lead to Lawsuits From Voluntary Labeling Requirements?” Panel Discussion, IFT First, Chicago, IL – presented by Sean Cash
  • July 17, 2023: “The Role of Trust in New Food Technology,” Panel Discussion, IFT First, Chicago, IL – presented by Kathy Fuller
  • June 29, 2023: Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable, affordable, and equitable: A scoping review of metrics, findings, and research gaps, 8th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week (poster) – presented by Julia Matteson
  • June 14, 2023: Revealing forced labor risk in the US land-based food supply, 30th International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (slides) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • June 2, 2023: Demonstrating forced labor risk in the US land-based food supply, 2023 AFHVS/AFVS Conference, Session on Policy and Promise in Farm Labor (slides) – presented by Kyra Battaglia
  • March 9, 2023: Tensions and Tradeoffs in Sustainable Diets Measurement, Tufts Nutrition Data Symposium (slides). Presented by Julia Matteson, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Sean Cash, Fang Fang Zhang
  • February 16, 2023: Advancing truly sustainable diets requires a four-pillar approach, Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lecture, Tufts University Environmental Studies Program – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • November 30, 2022: The LASTING Project: Measuring the sustainability impacts of what we eat, Asa Grey Seminar, Utica University – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • October 5, 2022: Friedman School Speaker Series: The LASTING Project: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Measuring Sustainable Diets (recording) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone and Patrick Webb
  • June 9, 2022: The LASTING Project, Tufts Nutrition Council Meeting (slides) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • April 25, 2022: Sustainability Trends in Food: Sustainability Labeling as Consumer Communication, Food Labeling Conference – presented by Sean Cash
  • May 24, 2022:  Facets of Sustainability: How Food Companies Can Measure and Communicate Progress to Consumers, 2022 Clean Label Conference, Global Food Forums – presented by Sean Cash
  • April 25, 2022:  The LASTING Project, 2022 Tufts Board of Advisors (slides) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • March 22, 2022: The risk of forced labor in food supply chains, William and Mary Global Research Institute (slides) – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
  • March 7, 2022: BROWNBAG: How Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) can help address forced labor, Department of Labor – presented by Nicole Tichenor Blackstone

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