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UC Berkeley’s Plant Futures Symposium Is Back for 2023

This year’s theme is Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Food System Leaders.

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This year’s theme is Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Food System Leaders.

The Plant Future Symposium is back with its 2023 installment, themed Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Food System Leaders. The January 28-29 event will take place online, covering topics from The History of Plant-Based Food to The Ethics of Cultured Meat Research.

Are you ready to learn about the future of food and how we can make a positive impact on our planet? Well, get excited because the 2023 Plant Futures Symposium is just around the corner! Plant Futures is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the transition to a plant-based world for the well-being of our planet, humans, and animals.

Empowering the Next Generation to Become Changemakers and Leaders

The Paving Plant-Based Pathways: Empowering the Next Generation of Food System Leaders symposium is happening on January 28 and 29 and will feature keynote speakers Marion Nestle, a professor and award-winning author, and Michel Nishan, a chef and activist. The event will span two days—Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29. It will run from 9am to 5pm.

But that's not all! There will also be loads of other experts and industry leaders from around the globe sharing their knowledge on topics like Promising Innovations in Plant-Centric Food Systems, Animal Agriculture & Justice, and The Ethics of Cultured Meat Research.

Plant Futures equips and empowers students with the necessary education, experience, and network to become changemakers and leaders in the food system revolution. Plant Futures also has student chapters across the country in cities from Miami to Portland, hosting a wide array of local and regional events, workshops, networking sessions, speaker series, happy hours, potlucks, and more!

How to Attend the Plant Futures Symposium

The symposium will be held at UC Berkeley and live-streamed for global viewing. All proceeds directly support Plant Futures' work. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn, connect, and make a difference.

So head on over to PlantFuturesInitiative.org/Symposium to learn more and get your ticket today!

Allison van Tilborgh

Allison van Tilborgh

Allison is a digital media consultant, writer, and aspiring vegan-feminist scholar living in the Orlando, Florida area. She’s the founder of The Sanford Vegan, a vegan media brand, through which she connected with VegOut. As an early reader of VegOut Magazine, she dreamed of one day putting her own writing on the national stage (spoiler alert: that dream came true!). Allison loves experimenting with plant-based cooking and reading up on the latest trends in veganism and animal rights scholarship.

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