Expo Milano, USA Pavilion American Food 2.0 2015

Published on Apr 29, 2014
Sponsored by the James Beard Foundation and the Food Studies Program (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag...) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu), Mitchell Davis, executive vice president at The James Beard Foundation and James Biber, founder of Biber Architects, discuss the road to American Food 2.0 at Expo Milano 2015.

Since the first World's Fair in London in 1851, World Expos have been regarded as the Olympic Games of economics, science, technology and cross-culture dialogue, providing a global stage for individual countries to publicize and display their crowning achievements and innovations and to share ideas.

Expo Milano 2015 will provide a global stage for the proposition that everyone on the planet should have access to healthy, safe and sufficient food. American Food 2.0, the USA Pavilion, is built on the idea that food is a universal language that the future of food will be rooted in the values of the past and married with the technological innovations and creative problem-solving of the future. Designed by award-winning Biber Architects, the Pavilion pays homage to our rich agricultural history with an open design and a vertical harvestable farm. How do you design a space that will accommodate 20-30 million visitors from around the world in a matter of months?

Location: Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.

The 2015 World Expo (a.k.a. World Fair) arrives in Milan in May with one thing on its hungry mind—food. And the USA Pavilion could be the most important Presidential food statement since John Kennedy called himself a jelly doughnut.

John Kennedy called himself a jelly doughnut.

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