Former President of Ireland and President, Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice
How do we sustainably feed 8 billion people by 2025?
Providing 8 billion people with quality, affordable and accessible food will be the defining economic, sociopolitical and ethical issue of our time. It is a global challenge. But it is also a challenge to California, one of the world's top agricultural producers.
On April 9, 2013, producers, geo-politicists, ethicists, economists, humanists and others will address the challenges of protecting our natural resource base (water, soil, air, plants and animals) upon which our food depends, the risks we face if we do not, and potential solutions for California and the world. We invite you to view these discussions via webcast.
Global Panel
![Don Bransford](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163752display.jpg)
Don Bransford
Chair of the UC President’s Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Partner in Bransford Farms
![Maarten Chrispeels](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163760display.jpg)
Maarten Chrispeels
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
![Cheryl Doss](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163761display.jpg)
Cheryl Doss
Senior Lecturer, Global Affairs and Economics, Yale University
![Robert Goldberg](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163764display.jpg)
Robert Goldberg
Biology Professor, UCLA
![Jim Harkness](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163769display.jpg)
Jim Harkness
President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
![Ron Herring](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163770display.jpg)
Ron Herring
Professor of Government, Cornell University
![Sol Katz](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163772display.jpg)
Sol Katz
Professor Emeritus
Director, W.M. Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development
![Anuradha Mittal](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163773display.jpg)
Anuradha Mittal
Founder and Director, The Oakland Institute
![Rebecca Peters](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163774display.jpg)
Rebecca Peters
The Blum Center
![Howard-Yana Shapiro](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163776display.jpg)
Howard-Yana Shapiro
Global Staff Officer, Plant Science and External Research at Mars, Incorporated
Senior Fellow, Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis
![Jonathan Shrier](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163777display.jpg)
Jonathan Shrier
Acting Special Representative, US Department of State
![Garrison Sposito](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163779display.jpg)
Garrison Sposito
Professor, Ecosystem Sciences and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
![Brian Swimme](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163781display.jpg)
Brian Swimme
Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
California Panel
![Komal Ahmad](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163782display.jpg)
Komal Ahmad
Executive Director and Co-Founder of BareAbundance, and Co-Founder of the Food Recovery Network
![Ted Batkin](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163783display.jpg)
Ted Batkin
President, California Citrus Research Board
![Grant Chaffin](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163784display.jpg)
Grant Chaffin
Chaffin Farms
![Bill Fulton](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163785display.jpg)
Bill Fulton
Vice President, Smart Growth America
![Glenda Humiston](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163788display.jpg)
Glenda Humiston
California State Director, USDA Rural Development
![Linda Katehi](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163790display.jpg)
Linda Katehi
Chancellor, UC Davis
![Alan McHughen](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163874display.jpg)
Alan McHughen
CE Biotechnology Specialist and Geneticist, UC Riverside
![Paul Muller](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163804display.jpg)
Paul Muller
Co-owner, Full Belly Farm
![David Schwartz](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163805display.jpg)
David Schwartz
Co-founder and Campaign Director, Real Food Challenge
![Larry Smarr](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163806display.jpg)
Larry Smarr
Founding Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
![Joe Traynor](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163807display.jpg)
Joe Traynor
Scientific Ag Company
![Stuart Woolf](http://ucanr.edu/sites/globalfoodsystemsforum/files/163808display.jpg)
Stuart Woolf
Woolf Enterprises Inc
UC President’s Advisory Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources