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Robyn Metcalfe
Food+City The University of Texas Central Library 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin 5:45pm Doors Open 6:15pm Presentation, Q&A 7:30pm Reception 
Thanks to Austin Public Library for their partnership.
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The population of the world has surpassed 7.5 billion and continues to climb, while weather & climate changes are creating more stress to agriculture, arable land is decreasing, and finite water supplies are under increasing strain. Agriculture enabled humanity to thrive thousands of years ago; can technology help us grow more food, more sustainably? Can it help us feed the growing world population, and even make it healthier?
Robyn Metcalfe and other leading food experts share how several advances in food technology can help us achieve all of the goals, and thus take care of our people and planet. Check out this related Austin Forum event. We welcome your participation! Please email us with your questions, answers and prognostications in advance.
Admission to the Austin Forum is always free. The Austin Forum accepts donations of used smart phones and tablets at all our events. All devices will have a factory reset and be set up as new by the team at Austin Pathways’ nationally-recognized “Unlocking the Connection” initiative, which will connect every public housing resident with a digital device, digital literacy, and a free or very low-cost internet connection. Your donated phone can change lives and help close Austin’s digital divide, thanks to Austin Pathways. |
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Robyn Metcalfe
Food+City The University of Texas |
Robyn Metcalfe is a food historian at The University of Texas at Austin, founder and director of The Food Lab at UT in the School of Human Ecology, and Research Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development, School of Architecture.
Her background includes writing and production for Sunset Magazine, authoring two non-fiction books, serving as a visiting research scholar at Boston University and founding a non-profit educational farm in Maine. Metcalfe has a Cordon Bleu certificate for culinary skills, a Cheese Certificate (Boston University) and is a running enthusiast with more than 1000 miles under her belt. More on Robyn @FoodMiracle |
