"Creating the Future of Food" and Community Panel Discussion with Kathleen Merrigan
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2025
- 2024 SAR Humanities Festival; Food for Thought
Presentation
"Creating the Future of Food: From the Nation’s Capital to the Local Farmers Market"
Kathleen Merrigan
Kathleen Merrigan is an expert in food and agriculture policy. As deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009-13), she created and led the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative to support local food systems; was a key architect of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign; and made history as the first woman to chair the Ministerial Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Currently, she is executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University.
Discussion
Local Focus: Agroecosystems of New Mexico
Kathleen Merrigan, moderator
Join a community discussion with Manny Encinias, co-owner of Buffalo Creek Ranch in Moriarty, NM, and executive director of Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute; Elan Silverblatt-Buser, co-founder of Silver Leaf Farms in Corrales, NM; and Roxanne Swentzell (Santa Clara Pueblo), founder of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute at Santa Clara Pueblo.
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