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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Apr 08, 2025
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- Speakers
- Jon Tester, Marion Nestle, Brian Choi
- Topics
- food/agriculture
Our current Health Secretary has made a host of claims that many people in the public health sector find unconventional or downright disproven. But on food safety and production, to what extent is RFK Jr. right about what will – and won’t – make our country healthier? Find out how our food system is already changing in response to the MAHA movement.
Featuring Jon Tester, former Senator (D-MT), organic farmer and IOP Pritzker fellow, acclaimed nutritionist Dr. Marion Nestle, and Brian Choi, Managing Partner and CEO at the Food Institute. Moderated by Julie Creswell, food industry reporter at the New York Times.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 5:30 p.m. CST Bond Chapel (next to Swift Hall)
- Jon Tester Former U.S. Senator (D-MT), author of "Grounded: A Senator’s Lessons on Winning Back Rural America" After earning a degree in music from the College of Great Falls in 1978, Jon took over the Tester farm. He also taught music at F.E. Miley Elementary and was also elected to the Big Sandy School Board. He was first elected to the Montana Senate in 1998. In 2005, his colleagues chose him to serve as Montana Senate President. In 2006, he was first elected to the United States Senate and served until January, 2025. He is an outspoken voice for rural America and an advocate for small businesses who has hosted numerous Small Business Opportunity Workshops across Montana to serve thousands of business owners and entrepreneurs. He’s a champion of responsible energy development, sportsmen’s issues, clean air and water, Indian nations, women’s access to care, and quality health care for all of America’s Veterans. In the Senate, he served on the Veterans’ Affairs, Homeland Security, Indian Affairs, Banking and Appropriations Committees.
- Marion Nestle Nutritionist
- Brian Choi Managing Partner and CEO at the Food Institute