LIFE Project Advisory Council member Mitchell Davis moderated a panel with Jabber Al-Bihani (Komeeda), Johanna Mendelson Forman (Stimson Center), and Marie Principe (Center for International Private Enterprise) during South by Southwest 2019. The speakers each brought unique experience working with food, entrepreneurship and diplomacy. They highlighted the current work being done to use food as a bridge between communities, and create economic opportunities for all.
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Second Global Conference on Food, Heritage and Community Presentation
Livelihoods Innovation Through Food Entrepreneurship (LIFE): Fostering Community and Sustainable Solutions to the Refugee Crisis in Turkey
Filiz Hosukoglu, LIFE Project Advisory Council member and cookbook editor, and Osman Cakiroglu from Consortium lead CIPE discussed how food can be used in the context of refugee crises as a means of sustainable livelihoods and to promote greater social integration. Through a presentation of the Livelihoods Innovation through Food Entrepreneurship (LIFE) Project, their presentation examined how food entrepreneurship, gastrodiplomacy, the use of food to support social good, and food business incubation help create opportunities for refugees and host communities in Turkey.
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