Join Berry Good Food and Provino Baja California on Friday, June 13th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at CEVIT Auditorium at CETYS University in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. This event is part of Conferencias en Flor programming and Berry Good Food’s 15th free and open-to-the-public Future Thought Leaders panel. This thought-provoking discussion will explore the economic ripple effects of labor policies, cultural traditions in migrant farming communities, grassroots efforts and advocacy for farmworkers’ rights, the intersection of climate change with migration, the link between soil health (terroir) and its human impacts, and more.

In partnership with Provino Baja California, CEVIT Centro De Estudios Vitivinicolas, and This Is About Humanity. Please arrive early and enjoy the educational activations in the Ecological Corridor from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. The presentations by our panelists will begin at 11:00 am, with a brief break afterwards during which coffee and pastries will be provided in the lobby. We will reconvene in the auditorium for the panel discussion lasting 90 minutes, after which there will be an open Q&A session. We’ll end the day on the patio for a celebratory toast!

Free parking is available on-site. Capacity is limited to only 100 seats.

“Earth Works” panelists:

• David Bacon, Photojournalist, Political Activist, Union Organizer, and Author of “In the Fields of the North”
• Hans Backoff, Winemaker and CEO of Monte Xanic
• Alberto Gonzales, Assistant Professor at San Jose University and Author of “Abandoning Their Beloved Land”
• Walberto Solorio Meza, President of The Baja California Agricultural Counsel
• Danielle Nierenberg, Journalist and Co-Founder and President of Food Tank
• Dr. Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien, Professor at San Diego State, and Author of “Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America”
• Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach, Moderator and Founder of Berry Good Food

Artwork for the event design was provided courtesy of artist Christie Tirado. Prints of “America’s Essential Workers” along with her other pieces are available on her website, Christie Tirado Arte.