In The News - Audio / Video 2008
Fedele Bauccio, Co-founder and CEO, Bon Appetit
Management Company (2:56)
Bauccio began this
year’s summit by sharing his thoughts on sustainability,
acknowledging that many in the audience might disagree with
his views.
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Jack Sinclair, Executive Vice President, Grocery
Division, Wal-Mart Stores (2:34)
During his presentation
at the close of the Center for Food Integrity 2008 Food
System Summit, Sinclair shared some examples of his company’s
increased emphasis on sustainability.
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Dr.
David Acheson, Associate Commissioner of Foods, U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (2:45)
During his presentation
during the Food Safety breakout session at the 2008 Food
System Summit, Dr. Acheson spoke of building a national
food safety system for a global food supply.
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Dr.
Bob Whitaker, Chief Science Officer, Produce Marketing Association
(2:15)
Dr. Whitaker spoke
of the need for all segments of the food chain to take the
food safety issue “personally.”
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Darren
Blass, Director of Quality Assurance and Product Safety,
Jack in the Box Restaurants (1:45)
After the 1993 food
borne illness outbreak that threatened his company’s
very existence, Blass said programs were put into place
at every level to change company culture on the food safety
issue.
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Ivan
Steinke, Executive Director, Colorado Pork Producers Council
(1:50)
Steinke, who is
also Director of Quality Resources with the Colorado Livestock
Association, was instrumental in a collaborative effort
to head off an initiative petition drive aimed at outlawing
sow gestation stalls, veal crates and battery cages in early
2008. The group was successful in promoting state legislation
taking effect in 2018 that allows sows to be housed in stalls
until they are confirmed pregnant and again 12 days prior
to farrowing.
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Dr.
Ken Laughlin, Policy and Strategy Group Vice President,
Aviagen (2:30)
What does food animal
production look like a decade from now? The question provided
the focus for Dr. Laughlin’s presentation as he offered
his perspective from the world’s leading poultry breeding
company.
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Jocie
Antonelli, R.D., Manager of Nutrition and Safety, Notre
Dame University Food Services (1:05)
Challenged by a
student group asking that Notre Dame stop using eggs from
caged layers, Antonelli served on the university’s
Social Responsibility Committee which sought to “do
the right thing.” Antonelli talked about the six-month
decision-making process that took ethics, science and economics
into consideration.
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Dr.
Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets, World Wildlife
Fund (2:40)
Producing enough
food to feed a global population expected to increase by
2.7 billion people by 2050 is an ethical imperative. Dr.
Clay talks about the importance of learning to produce more
with less.
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Kevin
Lindemer, Executive Managing Director, Global Insight Global
Energy Group (1:49)
Global Insight,
an economic and financial analysis, forecasting and marketing
intelligence organization, recently conducted a study on
Biofuels. Lindemer discussed some of the findings.
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Dr.
Dave Weatherspoon, Associate Professor Food and Agribusiness
Management, Michigan State University (1:58)
In discussing how
agriculture can keep pace with exploding global food demand,
Dr. Weatherspoon outlined some concepts he feels need to
be addressed in the near future.
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Tamar
Jacoby, Immigration Works USA (2:58)
Jacoby is a veteran
of Congressional battles on immigration reform and talked
about the reasons past attempts have failed.
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Bob
Heltman, Leading Edge Products & Services (2:40)
Heltman chaired
the local blue ribbon commission that examined immigration
issues in his North Carolina community. The experience brought
him firsthand knowledge of the emotions on all sides of
the issue.
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Craig
Regelbrugge, Vice President for Government Relations and
Research, American Nursery and Landscape Association and
Co-Chair of the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform
(2:52)
Of the 1.6 million
workers seriously engaged in farm labor in the United States,
80 percent are foreign-born and 70 percent are improperly
authorized according to Regelbrugge. He spoke of the difficulty
in crafting reform legislation that appropriately addresses
such a diverse group.
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