BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260707T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260707T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Meet the Expert with David Ortega DESCRIPTION:Food prices have been shaped by an unusual convergence of pressures the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption\, tariffs\, drought across major growing regions\, diesel at record highs\, and persistent post-pandemic inflation. Each shock moves through the food system differently\, and explaining the cumulative effect to a general audience without losing nuance is one of the defining communication challenges in agricultural economics right now. In this Meet the Expert session\, Dr. David Ortega the 2025 Borlaug CAST Communication Award recipient will walk through the forces reshaping the food system and discuss how he thinks about translating that complexity for public audiences: what to say\, what to leave out\, and how to keep it accurate without losing people. Key topics:The current food price moment: tariffs\, energy\, drought\, and supply chain dynamicsHow economic shocks move through the food supply chain and the lag before consumers feel themCommunicating complexity to non-specialist audiences: lessons from 400+ media appearancesWhat the data says about where food prices are headed in the second half of 2026Watch Live | Add to Google Calendar | Download .ics file X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Food prices have been shaped by an unusual convergence of pressures &mdash\; the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption\, tariffs\, drought across major growing regions\, diesel at record highs\, and persistent post-pandemic inflation. \;

Each shock moves through the food system differently\, and explaining the cumulative effect to a general audience without losing nuance is one of the defining communication challenges in agricultural economics right now. \;

In this Meet the Expert session\, Dr. David Ortega &mdash\; the 2025 Borlaug CAST Communication Award recipient &mdash\; will walk through the forces reshaping the food system and discuss how he thinks about translating that complexity for public audiences: what to say\, what to leave out\, and how to keep it accurate without losing people. \;

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