Wednesday, February 28, 2024
ELJ Symposium: "Our Toxic Food System: Perspectives on Pesticides and Pathways to Change"
9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Lester Pollack Auditorium
Hybrid (Zoom, with in-person option for NYU affiliates) New York, NY ,10012 (view map)
Hybrid (Zoom, with in-person option for NYU affiliates) New York, NY ,10012 (view map)
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Event will be held on Zoom as well as in Lester Pollack Auditorium for NYU affiliates.
9:30 - 10:00am: Keynote Remarks by NY State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal
10:00 - 10:50am: Sowing Equality: Environmental Justice Perspectives on Pesticides
- Moderator: Prof. Bethany Davis Noll, NYU Law
- Panelists: Jeannie Economos, The Farmworker Association of Florida; Prof. Joan Flocks, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
11:00 - 11:50am: Regulation in the Shadow of the EPA
- Moderator: Prof. Katrina Wyman, NYU Law
- Panelists: James (Jacksy) Bilsborrow, Weitz & Luxenberg, PC; Peter Lehner, Earthjustice; Lemuel Srolovic, Office of the New York State Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau
12:00 - 12:50pm: Growing Solutions: Pesticide Practices for a Sustainable Food Future
- Moderator: Prof. Margot Pollans, NYU Law
- Panelists: Prof. Laurie Beyranevand, Vermont Law School; Prof. Valerie Watnick, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, Meredith Stevenson, Center for Food Safety