The Stanford Food Summit brings together people to connect, collaborate, and explore how food can contribute to a healthier, more sustainable world.

As we celebrate our 10th Stanford Food Summit this year, we’re returning to the event’s original vision: food connects nearly every discipline at Stanford. Food-related research, education, clinical work, and partnerships are thriving across the university, yet much of this work still happens within individual schools, departments, and centers.

The 2026 Summit will create space to bring those perspectives together, strengthen connections across disciplines, and identify new opportunities for collaboration. Through interactive panels, working groups, networking, and, of course, unapologetically delicious food, we hope participants leave with new connections, ideas, and clear next steps on how to advance cross-cutting food-related research and collaboration across Stanford.

The Food Summit was previously supported by the Stanford Plant-Based Diet Initiative, which was funded by Beyond Meat. This year’s event is made possible with support from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford Law School, Stanford Medicine School of Medicine, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises.