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  1. Milken Institute1h 1m

    Innovators Improving Access: Creating Healthier Links in the Food Chain

    Kevin Boylan, Matt Barnard, Lee Anne Grant, Dariush Mozaffarian, Sam Polk, Josh Stevens, Simone Friedman, Jeffrey Davis, Ambassador Compson

    Leading entrepreneurs from Everytable, Plenty, Day2, and Brandless, alongside Tufts University Dean Dr. Dari Mozaffarian, convened to debate scalable solutions for a U.S. food system that drives 70% of annual deaths through diet-related chronic disease. The panelists presented contrasting strategies ranging from Everytable's dual-tier pricing and Plenty's water-efficient vertical farming to Day2's machine learning-driven personalized nutrition, while challenging the federal government's $46-to-one research funding disparity between nutrition and pharmaceuticals. Ultimately, the discussion highlighted a critical pivot toward integrating healthy food into healthcare infrastructure and expanding global operations to address the 1,400 daily cardiovascular and diabetes deaths attributed to dietary factors.

  2. Milken Institute57 min

    Addressing the Urban Housing Crisis

    Gail Goldberg, Laura Archuleta, Christopher Hawthorne, Hessam Nadji, William Witte, Shawn Robinson, Dick Zyman, Josh Stevens

    A comprehensive analysis of the global and Californian housing crisis highlights a critical shortage of 8.3 million U.S. units exacerbated by fragmented land-use policies, excessive approval timelines, and volatile funding mechanisms that have stalled job growth in tech hubs. While recent voter initiatives in Los Angeles and various counties demonstrate strong public support for housing bonds and transit-oriented development, systemic barriers such as prevailing wage mandates and the dominance of single-family home ownership continue to drive costs and restrict supply. Strategic solutions now focus on accelerating modular construction, reforming zoning to prioritize permanent affordability in master-planned communities, and shifting cultural paradigms toward rental tenancy to address the 9-to-11 trillion dollar investment gap required to close the housing divide.