June 26, 2025

Food, Fashion & Ag vs. Climate Change – Voices From The Earth Day Women’s Summit

47 minutes

“Food systems have to do with everything from production to processing, distribution, and the utilization. Then of course, end of life for food systems which includes food waste. In the United States, 40% of the food that we produce goes to waste. This means with distribution challenges that not everybody has equitable access to the kinds of foods that they need and want, at the times that they need them."

Robin Currey on Electric Ladies Podcast

Climate change is disrupting our food and agriculture systems, including the critical supply chains that feed and clothe us. Yet, these same supply chains can also hold the key to regenerative agriculture, especially in the face of extraordinary new scientific innovation. Women make or influence 85% of consumption decisions, so they/we can play a critical role in driving what companies and farmers produce.

Listen to this live recording of a session at The Earth Day Women’s Summit at Earthx2025 with a panel moderated by Electric Ladies Podcast’s Joan Michelson. You’ll hear surprising ways that industries are creating solutions within supply chains, tapping into technologies to help us produce and consume more sustainably.

The panel includes:

Robin Currey, on the efforts underway to help food systems adapt to climate change through agricultural biodiversity.
Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on efforts to engage women farmers in sustainable, regenerative agriculture practices.
Zara Summers, Chief Science Officer at LanzaTech, on how carbon emissions are converted into sustainable materials for clothing, food, and fuel.
Joan Michelson, Executive Producer of The Earth Day Women’s Summit and host of Electric Ladies Podcast.

And, insightful career advice…

“If you can combine something you’re passionate about with something you’re good at, and you can make that into a career, that is success. Find other women that will be prepared to give back to help careers and connect. We have a Women in CottonConnect group where we are really looking at how we can advance women in our organization.

“Not everything has to be an enormous career step. When I joined CottonConnect, it was a relatively small organization that has since grown into a much larger one. But it was something I was passionate about, and I’ve been fortunate to have a great team and great advisors around me.”

Alison Ward on Electric Ladies Podcast

You’ll also like:

Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on how female farmers are transforming cotton.
Zara Summers, Chief Science Officer of LanzaTech, on harnessing the power of nature’s oldest metabolism.
UN Climate Week on Sustainable Fashion: panel discussion on buying sustainable fashion.
7 Career Tips For Women In Sustainable Fashion, an article by Joan in Forbes.
Dr. Lara Ramdin, Chief Innovation Officer of Dole Sunshine Foods, on food design and nutrition.
Joan Michelson’s Forbes article on The Surprising Future Of Fashion.

Read more of Joan’s Forbes articles here.