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Past Events
- 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
Media
- July 24, 2023: Forced labor may be common in US food system: study, The Hill
- July 24, 2023: USA: Domestic food production and processing accounts for over 60% of forced labor in food supply, study finds, Business & Human Rights Resource Center
- July 24, 2023: Forced Labor May Be Common In The U.S. Food Chain, New Study Says, Forbes
- July 24, 2023: Risk of Forced Labor Is Widespread in U.S. Food Supply, Study Finds, Tufts Now
- November 12, 2021: The LASTING Project highlighted on the Friedman School news
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