Working in different avenues to assist their fellow community members and find new ways to provide essential resources, Brendan Higgins, Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering at Auburn University; Shanon Morris, Chief Program Officer of Harlem Grown and author; and moderator Gina Lovasi, Dana and David Dornsife Dean and professor of Epidemiology at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, join us to discuss how food deserts can develop, evolve, and be alleviated.

Food deserts are defined as urban areas where it is difficult to access affordable, high quality, and fresh food. Despite this being specific to urban areas, the U.S. and Germany have growing food deserts in both urban and rural regions, with approximately 13.5 million citizens in both countries respectively experiencing food insecurity. With 80 million tons of food wasted in America and 11 million tons in Germany each year, opportunities to reduce waste could also contribute to shrinking food deserts. What can we do to combat both food waste and food deserts? What alternatives are available to ease the rising food insecurity crisis, and what are the barriers? Working in different avenues to assist their fellow community members and find new ways to provide essential resources, Brendan Higgins, Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering at Auburn University; Shanon Morris, Chief Program Officer of Harlem Grown and author; and moderator Gina Lovasi, Dana and David Dornsife Dean and professor of Epidemiology at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, join us to discuss how food deserts can develop, evolve, and be alleviated.

Date and Time: April 15, 2026 / 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Serendipity Labs - 205 E 42nd St, 21st Fl, NY, NY 10017

More Information: https://www.1014.nyc/events/feeding-the-gap