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\u00a0Free<\/span><\/p>\n See full details at register at https:\/\/climate-xchange.org\/event\/passing-state-level-food-policy\/?mc_cid=5f11115f48&mc_eid=84429b8207<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Food production uses up half of the Earth\u2019s habitable land, and is responsible for nearly a third of global heat-trapping emissions. These emissions come from the growing, processing, transporting, storing, cooking, and disposing of the foods we eat every day, and in the wake of a climate crisis that requires a breadth of bold solutions, emissions from the food cannot be ignored. About\u00a06% \u2013 8%<\/a>\u00a0of human-caused emissions could be eliminated if we stopped wasting food, and plenty of other agricultural changes could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of our food.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Joining us to discuss how US states can tackle agricultural greenhouse gas emissions at the state-level are four experts in the field.\u00a0Amy Brown<\/b>, the Director of Food and Agriculture Program at\u00a0NRDC<\/a>, will discuss the enormous carbon footprint of our food system, and the tools we have to mitigate this environmental impact. Professor\u00a0Ariel Ardura<\/b>, from\u00a0Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic<\/a>, will discuss which policies can reduce food waste. From\u00a0The Good Food Institute<\/a>, Emily Hennesssee<\/b>\u00a0will discuss the environmental impacts of animal agriculture, and what a transition to alternative proteins could look like. Finally,\u00a0Peter Ruddock<\/b>, the Coordinator of\u00a0California Food Policy Council<\/a>, will discuss the climate benefits of regenerative agriculture, and the progress California has made in this space.\u00a0<\/p>\n Speakers<\/b>:<\/p>\n\n