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Episode 218 Aired: Saturday, October 17th 2020

MIT's 12th Sustainability Summit: Food For Thought

How has the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our current global food systems? And how can we fix it? MIT’s 12th annual Sustainability Summit, “Food for Thought: Leveraging Food for a Sustainable Future," aims to look at ways we can collectively improve food access and equity. The MBA student-led virtual event, taking place this November, will explore how innovations are changing the way the world produces, transports, stores, consumes, and disposes of food. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Brandon Lam, MBA student and Conference Co-Director and Jason Jay Senior Lecturer and Director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.

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