Kelly Hensel

Kelly Hensel

Debaters face offDay one of IFT FIRST got off to an invigorating start with a performance by Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago, followed by a riveting keynote debate around the topic of processed foods. The question: Should we eat more processed foods? Organized by IFT and Intelligence Squared, a media company that conducts live debates, the session featured two industry experts arguing each side of the debate.

On the pro-processed foods side, Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Institute, and Michael Gibn…

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Kelly Hensel is deputy managing editor, print & digital, of Food Technology magazine ([email protected]).
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