Donald Trump Is Terrible News For Our Food System

CHICAGO — Just over a week since the election, a group of more than 100 food advocates, entrepreneurs and farmers who gathered in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Gleacher Center to discuss food policy seemed reluctant to discuss President-elect Donald Trump.

As a parade of experts spent Wednesday morning discussing farming practices, hunger and food waste at the inaugural Chicago Food Tank summit, the election was generally only alluded to, typically accompanied with a chorus of groans and loud sighs.