From community gardens to your local Chipotle, interest in sustainable agriculture is growing. The issue raises a number of questions—How can we farm more sustainably? How do we educate people about the sources of their food? How can we create healthier communities? How can we measure the impact of our efforts?

Join Mission Measurement, Net Impact Chicago and other thought leaders at our gathering to discuss these questions and consider innovative ways to increase social impact and change the world. Whether you study social innovation or you work for a company, a nonprofit or a government entity, join us to share your ideas and experiences and learn from ours. We'll provide light refreshments.

Speakers will include:
Cheryl Muñoz, Founder & Project Lead
Sugar Beet Co-op – A full-service, co-op grocery store that provides Oak Park, Austin, and surrounding communities a neighborhood source for local, sustainable, healthy foods and a way of connecting farmers and producers to their customers.

Ryan Wilson, President, Board of Directors
Plant Chicago - Founded on a circular economy model of closing waste, resource, and energy loops, Plant Chicago is a not-for-profit working in partnership with the developer John Edel (Bubbly Dynamics) to show what truly sustainable food production and economic development looks like by growing and producing food inside a repurposed industrial building.

John Hoeppner, Head of Investment Research
Mission Measurement – Mission Measurement’s Social Value Index™ is a data product that identifies the social benefits that drive purchase decisions in a specific industry, the rankings of competitors within an industry, and the revenue increases a company can expect for improving its standing on the index.