6/11/2026
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM Eastern

Kentucky science event

During Food & Science, we will celebrate community heroes & hear from an expert panel on the key intersections of food access, food insecurity, healthy eating, & science.
 
Date:

• Thursday, June 11, 2026
• Pop-Up Farmers Market & Reception: 4:00 pm, Panel: 6:00 pm
• Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 620 Lampton St., Louisville, KY, 40203

 
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-science-tickets-1988855934639
 
"& Science" Champion Awardee:

• Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director of Change Today, Change Tomorrow)

 
Speakers:

• Cassia Herron (Healthy Communities Fellow, Aspen Global Innovators Group)
• Vincent James (President and CEO, Dare to Care)
• Taylor Ryan (Founder and Executive Director, Change Today, Change Tomorrow)
• Dr. Wayne Tuckson (Kentucky Health Host, Kentucky Educational Television, retired colon and rectal surgeon)
• Dr. Kim Williams (Professor and Chair of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine)

 
Food & Science Panel Objectives:

• Explore key intersections of nutrition, health and wellbeing
• Identify drivers of food insecurity in Louisville
• Discuss overcoming barriers to promote access to healthy food
• Envision a food secure future for all of Louisville

 
About the Series:
The Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute is hosting a quarterly health forum called “& Science". The fourth installment of the series will focus on Food & Science, featuring leaders from different food advocacy and scientific backgrounds. The “& Science” series provides a community forum for conversations at the intersection of health, the environment & science. Topics explored throughout the first year of the series include communication, faith, history, food & science. View previous installments: Communication & Science, Faith & Science, and History & Science.
 
Sincerely,
Natasha, Joy, & Eviana
 

	Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES she/her/hers [?] Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine
	Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, 112 University of Louisville 302 E Muhammad Ali
	natasha.dejarnett@louisville.edu
	O: 502.852.9354 | W: louisville.edu

Setting: In-Person
Bates Memorial Baptist Church
620 Lampton St.
Louisville, KY 40203

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