Keynote Speaker Named for Foodservice Sustainability Symposium

CHICAGOJournalist and author Julian Cribb will present the keynote address at the International Foodservice Sustainability Symposium (IFSS), taking place May 24-25, 2011, in Chicago. The event is supported by co-founding sponsors the National Restaurant Association Conserve: Solutions for Sustainability initiative and Kendall College. 

Cribbs book, The Coming Famine, examines the confluence of a number of sustainability-related issues that are likely to come together over the next few decades to form a perfect storm that portends worldwide famine. Cribb addresses the usual culprits like fossil fuels, climate change and overfished oceans, but he also tackles what he calls the two elephants in the kitchen" population growth and overconsumption. He says the world is headed not just for peak oil, but also for peak population, water, arable land, and agricultural output.

Recently interviewed about his coming address at IFSS, Mr. Cribb said: Im very excited to speak to this audience because chefs and the foodservice industry decree the fashion of food. In creating food trends, they become the intellectual leaders of the worlds diet and hold the keys to persuading the population to eat more sustainably, a critical part of heading off the coming famine."

The IFSS begins at 3:00 PM at Kendall College on May 24, immediately after the close of NRA Show 2011. Click here for more information on IFSS, and to register. Attendance is limited to 150 people.