Ed Buckler was invited to serve as a member of the expert panel on "Innovations to build sustainable, equitable, inclusive food value chains," an initiative of Cornell's Atkison Center, in partnership with the journals Natural Sustainability and the soon to be published Nature Food. The panel consists of experts from a variety of disciplines as well as academic, government, non-profit, and business organizations.
The venture kicked off with a meeting in December 2019 at the new Cornell Tech campus located on Roosevelt Island in New York City. During this initial meeting, the expert panel drafted a Perspective essay and planned for presentations by panel members at worldwide locations beginning in 2021.