American Enterprise Institute

presents

Big government and big food vs. food trucks, foodies, and farmers markets

featuring

Panelists:

Emily Broad Leib, Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation

Baylen J. Linnekin, Keep Food Legal

Che Ruddell-Tabisola, DC Food Trucks Association and BBQ Bus

Moderator:

Timothy P. Carney, AEI

Thursday, February 28,

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

AEI, Twelfth Floor

1150 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

RSVP:

http://aei.org/events/2013/02/28/big-government-and-big-food-vs-food-trucks-foodies-and-farmers-markets-culture-of-competition

If you like your food local, organic, or from a truck, government regulation might be your biggest obstacle. American restaurants lobby to choke off food trucks, and federal regulation of food safety leads to more consolidation in the industry. Moreover, farmers markets struggle to survive under the heavy hand of government.

What if food safety regulation is not about limiting the germs in our dinner, but is rather about limiting competition in America’s food industry? What if federal and local rules actually protect incumbent businesses instead of consumers?

Join us for a panel discussion about food competition, regulation, and safety.

This event is part of AEI’s Culture of Competition Project.