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John Tinsley

Vice President and Co-Founder

Therm

John Tinsley is Vice President and Co-Founder at Therm, where he leads partnerships connecting high-impact climate projects with investors committed to measurable, immediate action. At Therm, John advances practical climate solutions across sectors ranging from food waste reduction to food supply chain refrigerant management. He’s passionate about turning climate ambition into data-driven, tangible emissions reductions and helping companies invest where results matter most. John holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Mechanical Engineering from the University of San Diego and a Masters of Engineering Management from Duke University.

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Day 0

Tuesday 26th May 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

14:00 - 17:00

Pre-event UMN Forever Green Research Field Tour

Workshop

17:00 - 18:00

Pre-conference Networking Drinks

14:00 - 17:45

Visit to TerraCycle's sorting facility and operations center

17:45 - 18:45

Networking drinks

Day 1

Wednesday 27th May 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

08:30 - 08:55

Risk, resilience and return: How can we place farmer priorities at the heart of the food system?

CMB Farms | Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative

Plenary

08:55 - 09:25

From ambition to scale: How is collaboration accelerating regenerative impact?

PepsiCo North America | Walmart

Plenary

09:25 - 10:10

Food security at 2+ degrees: How can leading brands make their supply chains more resilient through adaptation?

Sam's Club, Walmart | Mars | Ceres

Plenary

10:10 - 10:50

Speed Networking and Break

10:50 - 11:40

Opportunity in crisis: How to reframe sustainability as resilience, risk mitigation and commercial advantage

The Hershey Company | Rabobank | McDonald's | SLR Consulting

Plenary

11:40 - 12:00

The future of US food policy: What does it all mean for food production?

USDA-NRCS

Plenary

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 13:50

Breakout track 1

13:50 - 14:40

Breakout track 2

14:40 - 15:10

Networking Break

15:10 - 15:40

From ambition to ROI with Sustainability Fusion: Measuring the enterprise value of sustainability investments

Breakout

15:40 - 16:10

The ‘’wild west” of supply sheds: Upstream vs downstream, where should you invest?

3Degrees | Therm

Plenary

16:10 - 16:50

A market for regen: Who’s actually going to buy it?

Meijer | SIMPLi | PepsiCo

Plenary

17:00 - 18:00

Networking drinks

Networking

Day 2

Thursday 28th May 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

09:00 - 09:30

The say-do gap: Are young consumers buying more 'sustainable' ?

Dole Food Company | The Center for Food Integrity | Fairtrade America

Plenary

09:30 - 10:15

Unlocking the commercial opportunity in innovation: How to align R&D, agriculture and nutrition

Post Holdings, Inc. | The J.M. Smucker Co. | Plug and Play Tech Center

Plenary

10:15 - 10:45

Networking Break

10:45 - 11:35

Investing in resilience: How blended capital, venture funding and partnerships can work together to scale resilience

Transformational Investing in Food Systems | ING | Danone | Sand County Foundation | The Rockefeller Foundation

Plenary

10:45 - 11:35

The Other Room: The truth about biodiversity: Everyone talks about it, but no one knows how to deliver it at scale

The other room

11:35 - 12:25

From talk to traction: We keep talking about collaboration, what do we actually need to see this in action?

Lamb Weston | ADM | General Mills | Future500 | JBS

Plenary

12:25 - 13:25

11:35 - 12:25

The Other Room: Not all processed food is bad: How do we have a better conversation about health outcomes?

The other room

13:25 - 14:55

Roundtable sessions

15:00 - 15:15

Wrap-up and closing remarks

Plenary

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Hannah Oborne

Senior Project Manager

Anita Thomson

Chief Partnerships Officer

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