Countdown Countdown Coalition-building: Notes on Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma SeriesPosted by: Maria Ladias, Oliver Friedman and Renae Reints June 7, 2024at 3:19 pm EDTTEDs Nicole Ng and David Biello host at Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, at the TED World Theater in New York City on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)Session 4 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series was all about coalition-building. Four speakers discussed how we can bring together the worlds best minds and ideas to rethink how we support farms, nourish the youngest generations and collaborate across seeming divides.The event: TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, hosted by TEDs David Biello and Nicole NgWhen and where: June 6, 2024 at the TED World Theater in New York CitySpeakers: Anthony Myint, June Jo Lee, Gerardo Reyes Chvez, Jon EsformesThe talks in brief:Anthony Myint speaks atSession 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, at the TED World Theater in New York City on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)The transition to regenerative farming is vital but expensive and farmers dont have the resources to do it alone. Chef and Zero Foodprint cofounder Anthony Myint offers a plan that allows everyone to be a part of the solution: With just a few more cents on every food purchase at partnered establishments, we can raise millions for the farms that need it. Almost all of us can afford to make this change, and the truth is, we cant afford not to make it, says Myint.June Jo Lee speaks at Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, at the TED World Theater in New York City on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)Exploring the profound meaning behind what we choose to eat, food ethnographer June Jo Lee unpacks how our modern hungers, or deep desires for self-improvement and connection, inform every bite. She decodes Gen Zs spicy, rich and complex relationship with food and what it means for the future of gastronomy.Jon Esformes and Gerardo Reyes Chvez at Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, at the TED World Theater in New York City on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)Farm labor is hot, back-breaking and dangerous work. To protect workers from deadly heat and workplace exploitation, farmworker Gerardo Reyes Chvez and farm manager Jon Esformes have teamed up to help advance the human rights enforcement program Fair Food Program (FFP). Their collaborative model is a blueprint for how to create more modern, humane working conditions for the worlds laborers.Attendees speak during the Town Hall at Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, at the TED World Theater in New York City on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Gilberto Tadday / TED)At the end of the session, attendees were invited to reflect on the two-day event, sharing which ideas theyll take forward and how theyre seeing the state of food through new eyes.