Hearing to Examine Food Service Industry’s Role in Climate Solutions
UPDATED:
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR 2 PM, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Contact: Select Committee, 202-225-4081
Food for Thought: Hearing to Examine Food Service Industry’s Role in Climate Solutions
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing examining how the food service industry can improve its impact on the environment and reduce its contribution to global warming. Specifically, the Committee will explore how large scale food operators such as universities, school districts and corporations can “green” their practices to provide meals that are beneficial to consumers and the environment.
The hearing follows the transformation of the House of Representatives cafeteria facilities and the increasing public interest in the geographical origins, consumption and disposal of the food we eat, and how our food choices affect our planet’s water, land and climate.
WHAT: “Food for Thought: Sustainability from Counter to Compost”, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
WHEN: 2 PM, Tuesday, February 26, 2008
WHO:
- Dan Beard, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), House of Representatives
- Carina Wong, Executive Director, Chez Panisse Foundation
- Patricia D. Millner, Ph.D, Research Microbiologist in the Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory and Environmental Microbial Systems Laboratory, USDA
- Tom Kelly, Ph.D., Chief Sustainability Officer, University of New Hampshire Office of Sustainability
WHERE: 1100 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
And on the web at www.globalwarming.house.gov
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