Food & Science

*FREE*

During Food & Science, we will celebrate community heroes & hear from an expert panel on the key intersections of food & science.

This is a FREE event.

• Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director of Change Today, Change Tomorrow)

• Dr. Kim Williams (Chairman of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine)
• Dr. Wayne Tuckson (Kentucky Health Host, Kentucky Educational Television; Colon and Rectal Surgeon, KentuckyOneHealth)
• Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director, Change Today, Change Tomorrow)
• Vincent James (President and CEO, Dare To Care)
• Cassia Herron (Healthy Communities Fellow, Aspen Global Innovators Group)

• Farmers Market hosted in collaboration with the South End Community Market.

• Thursday, June 11, 2026
• Community Block Party (Farmers Market+Community Fair): 4:00 - 6:00 pm
• Panel: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
• Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 620 Lampton St. Louisville, Ky, 40203

• Explore key intersections of nutrition, health and wellbeing
• Identify drivers of food insecurity in Louisville
• Discuss overcoming barriers that promote access to healthy food
• Envision a food secure future for all of Louisville

The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute is hosting a quarterly health forum called “& Science". The fourth installment of the series will focus on Food & Science, featuring leaders from different agricultural and scientific backgrounds. The “& Science” series provides a community forum for conversations at the intersection of health, the environment & science. Topics explored throughout the first year of the series include communication, faith, history, food & science.

For more information, please contact Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, [email protected] or (502)852-9354.

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