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Feeding the future

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By 2050, global food production must double to keep up with population growth. How does the man "who buys the most food in America" think this can be accomplished? Jack Sinclair, Executive Vice President of the Walmart US Grocery division, shares a few ideas on what we can do to produce more, sustainability. (One of them: re-use the apples in America that weren't good enough to eat, to make juice.)

By 2050, global food production must double to keep up with population growth. How does the man "who buys the most food in America" think this can be accomplished? Jack Sinclair, Executive Vice President of the Walmart US Grocery division, shares a few ideas on what we can do to produce more, sustainability. (One of them: re-use the apples in America that weren't good enough to eat, to make juice.)

About the speaker

Jack Sinclair

Food futurist

Introducing “the man that buys the most food in America,” Jack Sinclair is the executive vice president of the Walmart US Grocery Division and is responsible for all aspects of the merchandise grocery business at Walmart’s stores in the US. Sinclair joined Walmart in 2007 from McCurrach, a U.K.-based field merchandising business. He has also previously worked for Tesco and Safeway PLC, where he eventually served on the board of directors that led the merger of Safeway PLC and Morrisons.

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