TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" Viewing Party in Clarendon on Sat. March 7

Join fellow sustainable food and agriculture lovers for the only TEDx Manhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” viewing party in Northern Virginia on Saturday March 7, 10:00-6:00 pm in Arlington VA.

This viewing party will bring together those with an interest in the diverse issues surrounding our food system. You’ll enjoy the livestream of the New York event, hear from local food and agriculture experts, plus enjoy snacks and beverages from local food entrepreneurs including Urban+ade, Fruitcycle, Sweetgreen, FRESHFARM Market, Sprout Kitchen Gardens and Power Supply DC.

Tickets are FREE but registration is required. Register here:

Local speakers include:

• Pam Hess, Executive Director of the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, which is dedicated to creating a more equitable and sustainable food system in the Washington, DC area
• Amos Desjardins, an ultra marathon runner who ran 500 miles in Virgina to raise awareness for hunger and food insecurity
• Tom McDougall of 4P Foods, who believes that businesses have the ability and the responsibility to use their economic engines to drive, real, lasting positive social change
• Zach Lester of Tree and Leaf Farm, a food visionary, farmer and lover of all things related to soil, in honor of 2015 being declared the Year of Soils by the UN General Assembly
• Elizabeth O’Connell of Green America who will talk about the hidden labor costs in the food we eat that is grown both internationally and domestically