Sustainable Food Laboratory

•  March 14-19 2010 SFL Leadership Summit   REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Sustainable Food Lab members and partners will dig deeply into pilot projects and share projections of industry-wide developments.  Topics include carbon quantification and markets, supply chains from developing countries, regional sourcing, and alignment among outcome metrics.  Learning journeys will precede the plenary.  Costa Rica  

• March 9-11 Foundations for Leadership: Initiating and Sustaining Profound Change  Boston Area, USA.  Facilitators Peter Senge and Robert Hanig.  Food Lab members may apply for this offering at the membership rate.

• May 10-12, 2010 The Art of Sustainable Agriculture Brussels.  Jointly organized by Sustainable Food Lab, SAI, and CIAA (Confederation of the Food and Beverages Industries of the EU).  Building on common metrics work and taking the Ag Revolution Conference toward more concrete tools, pilots and deliverables

   

Past Events

• January 18-22, 2010 New Business Model Team, Ghana.  A meeting of SFL members and partners working on the Bill and Melinda Gates projects in Africa.

• January 12, 2010 New England Sustainable Dairy Collaboration, Hartland, VT  A meeting of SFL members and partners including Ben & Jerry's, Cabot, Stonyfield, UVM, Manomet

• November 10-12, 2009 Shared Metrics in Action Coordinated with SAI Platform, DMI Sustainability, Stewardship Index, Field to Market, ISEAL.
• September 8-10, 2009 Agricultural Climate Stewardship Strategy Meeting Report, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• June 16, 23, 25, and July 7, 2009 Webinar Series on crop-level GHG emissions estimators. Hosted by the Sustainable Food Lab in collaboration with the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC) and the Innovation Center for US Dairy.
• Growing a 21st Century Agricultural Revolution, March 18-20 2009. Convened by the Sustainable Food Lab, SAI Platform and the Keystone Center’s Farm to Market Initiative.
• Business Coalition Meeting, December, 2008 hosted by Sodexho in Washington DC
• Sustainable Food Lab Summit, September, 2008
  
• China Learning Journey, April, 2008
• Value Chain Clinic - June, 2008
• Business Coalition Meeting, hosted by General Mills, December, 2007
• CIAA & SAI Platform Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, November, 2007, Brussels, Belgium
  
• The Role of Public and Institutional Food in Promoting Sustainable Rural Development, Seville, Spain, November, 2007
• Green Mountain Coffee Key Performance Indicators Project Summit, November, 2007
• Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, October, 2007 Antigua, Guatemala (Learning Journeys lasting 2-7 days preceded this meeting)