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Busy Week for the Ag Club!
This Thursday: Champions of Game Day Food
Sustainable Food Trends in Sports Featuring Aramark and The Green Sports Alliance
When? Thursday, March 31, 2016 – Lunch Seminar – 12:00-1:30
Where? F 50 Huntsman Hall
What else: Free! Register Today
Iconic sports venues, which collectively serve hundreds of millions of people each year, are partnering with major concessionaires like Aramark to enhance their food practices and help build stronger food systems. A new report, “Champions of Game Day Food,” by the Green Sports Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council, confirms the growing trend in sports towards more efficient and sustainable practices throughout the lifecycle of game day food. This includes smarter menu design and procurement; energy, water and waste efficiency in kitchens; food packaging and service; as well as food waste donation and diversion at sports venues nationwide.
This Friday: Philly Wholesale Produce Market Tour & Breakfast Social
Wharton Agribusiness & Travel & Hospitality Club are co-hosting a social on Friday, April 1st from 10AM-12PM. Come learn more about cold supply chain from a best-in-class wholesale market and discover how your food gets from the farm to your home, restaurants, school cafeteria, etc.
Details:
10AM: Mingle and eat breakfast (Pure Fare - 119 S 21st St)
11AM: Uber together to Philly Wholesale market; they'll provide a guided tour.
Cost to our members: FREE! Heavily subsidized by both clubs. RSVP here
Overview of market: The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Marketopened June 5, 2011 as the world's largest fully-enclosed, fully-refrigerated wholesale produce terminal. The facility's main building is one-quarter of a mile long and 686,000 square feet — bigger than 14 football fields! Read more about the markethere: http://www.pwpm.ne
Net Impact Philly: GMOS & Labeling Panel Discussion
Location: JMHH - room TBD
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
When: April 5
Join Net Impact Philadelphia for a lively panel on GMOs, labeling and a path forward.
Dave Stangis, VP of Corporate Affairs and CSR of Campbell Soup Company, Phyllis Rubin of GMO Free PA, and Natalie Hubbard, Director of Regulatory Affairs of DuPont will tackle the challenges and viewpoints surrounding the adoption of GMOs in our food system. With Campbell Soup Company recently announcing their move towards voluntarily labeling of food products that contain GMOs, a shift is being seen in the food industry that affects most of the nation. Join these three topic leaders for a discussion of what's next for the industry and how consumers will be affected.
This event is open to the public with limited seating so PLEASE RSVP as soon as possible:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/net-impact-philly-gmos-labeling-panel-discussion-hosted-by-wharton-tickets-22607639057
Lunch'n'Learn: World Food Programme (UN)
Friday, 19 April, 12- 1:30 pm
Wharton Agribusiness Club invites you to join Arif Husain, Chief Economist of the World Food Programme, in discussing the challenges of food security, prices, and distribution in war-torn populations of the Middle East and Africa.
This event will be run as a video conference and pre-registering through this link is necessary.
Job Opportunities
Climate Corporation looking for full-time Manager, Strategic Initiatives as well as Summer Intern in San Francisco HQ
Manager, Strategic Initiatives Position Overview: The Climate Corporation [a precision agriculture company recently acquired by Monsanto] is looking for an experienced Manager, Strategic Initiatives to execute strategic aims across the organization. The company is looking for someone who is both business process and technically minded and has the intelligence and experience to cut straight to what’s relevant and concisely ask the right questions. This person will need to use a friendly, flexible approach in a process-light environment, drawing from their wide knowledge of agile methodologies. Please visit this URL for full JD and to apply.
For internship opportunities, please contact Julia Lawton directly.Julia Lawton, Climate Corp University Relations (jlawton@climate.com)?
Netafim™ is an Israeli pioneer of drip and micro-irrigation products for agriculture, greenhouse, landscape and mining applications. The company's offering includes drippers, dripperlines, sprinklers and micro-emitters. They are interested in hiring summer interns from Wharton. Please contact Deepa Iyer (diyer@wharton.upenn.edu) for more information.
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