Whole Foods Market chief executive officer and co-founder, John Mackey, will deliver Compassion in World Farming’s inaugural Peter Roberts Memorial lecture, ‘Food for Future’ on ethical, environmental and sustainable food production and retailing.
Mackey will give Compassion in World Farming’s first Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, on Tuesday June 5 at 6.45pm, in memory of its founder who died recently. Held at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, Mackey’s lecture will explore his ethos of food production and retailing, from the importance of environmentally sensitive agriculture and ethical fair-trading to locally produced and sourced foods. In particular, he will explore how humane farming is vital to protect farm animals and the environment.
In 1980 John Mackey co-founded the first Whole Foods Market store in Austin, Texas, with a simple mission: to offer more natural and wholesome foods to those typically being sold in other stores. Whole Foods Market has become the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket, with nearly 200 stores in the United States and Canada.
Among Mackey’s visions is a world where farm animals are treated compassionately and cruel factory farming practices end. This vision is shared by Compassion in World Farming, the leading international organisation for the welfare of farmed animals, which this year marks 40 years of successful campaigning.
Whole Foods Market opens its flagship store in Kensington on June 6, bringing its passion for natural and organic foods and compassionate philosophy to the UK for the first time.
The lecture will be followed by questions-and-answers session. Tickets are available from Compassion in World Farming, www.ciwf.org.uk.
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