April 28-30, 2025

All Speakers

Dog and cat food research experts who will present at Petfood Forum & Petfood Essentials

Nick Fereday
Executive Director
Rabobank
Nick Fereday is an executive director within Rabobank’s research department in New York, specializing in food and consumer trends. Fereday has worked in food and agriculture for his entire career starting in the 1990s at the Department of Agriculture in Papua New Guinea, followed by a rewarding period working at the UK’s National Resources Institute on agricultural programs in developing countries in Africa and Asia and then switching to more commercially focused consultancy-based work at LMC International.
Date/TimeTitle
Tue Jul 29
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Concurrent session: 2025: A transformational year in US food
Oglethorpe Ballroom

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement coupled with the growing adoption of anti-obesity medications such as GLP-1s is having an impact on consumer perceptions of health and nutrition. Nick Fereday, executive director, Rabobank, will discuss how these changes could impact chicken sales and marketing and what changes chicken companies should make in response.