Best Practices in Plant-Based City Food Policy

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | 4:00 pm ET | 1:00 pm PT – Registration Link

The Center for Biological Diversity is hosting a webinar, ‘Best Practices in Plant-Based City Food Policy’ with a panel of experienced leaders who have successfully passed and implemented plant-based food policies in major cities around the U.S. The panelists will come together to reflect on their experiences, share best practices and lessons learned, and discuss how cities can effectively collaborate with advocates to pass and implement policies that are better for people and the planet. This panel is designed to especially benefit city officials, policymakers, and fellow advocates who are interested in getting plant-based city policies, but all are welcome to attend. The last ten minutes will be reserved for an audience Q&A.

Panelists

– Rachel Atcheson, Founder & Executive Director of Food Policy Pathways and former Deputy Director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

– Laura Lee Cascada, Senior Director of Campaigns at the Better Food Foundation

– Alex Cerussi, Senior State Policy Director at Mercy For Animals

– Britty Mann, Founder & Executive Director of Planted Society