Kathleen Merrigan
@katmerrigan
Professor & Executive Dir, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University. Views are my own.
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11-01-2010 23:53:41
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My food hero Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳—helping end hunger in America and around the world, including today at the The White House. As he said tonight—if there’s a fire, send a firefighter. If there’s illness, send a doctor. If there’s hunger—send a chef!!!!
Congratulation Daniel Murdiyarso
for being elected President of Indonesian Academy of Sciences. Wish you all success! Robert Nasi Eliane Ubalijoro Kathleen Merrigan CIFOR-ICRAF #TreePeoplePlanet
.Arizona State University is proud to have retained its Times Higher Education's ranking of No. 1 among US universities and a top 10 position among global institutions for its work in addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. #sustainability #excellence
Arizona needs better health outcomes. Arizona State University Health is our focused response to produce positive change. It includes a new, world-class School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, an interdisciplinary approach to preparing needed physician-engineers. youtu.be/BdEFvcfxNTk
A broad coalition supporting agroforestry- time for working together. Robert Nasi Eliane Ubalijoro CIFOR-ICRAF Kathleen Merrigan Director for Africa: CIFOR - ICRAF TMG Think Tank Lena Bassermann Jes Weigelt
An insightful new piece was just published in The Conversation U.S. - Kathleen Merrigan ASU Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems talks about the future of the American food landscape.
theconversation.com/these-four-cha…
The importance of traditional and indigenous knowledge for food systems transformation. bit.ly/3UVMwq3 David Cooper UNPFII UN DESA FIAN Deutschland TMG Think Tank Harpinder Sandhu Wanjira Mathai The Crop Trust CIFOR-ICRAF Kathleen Merrigan The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Boards are meant to provide oversight and lead the corporate sustainability charge. However, many still lack knowledge to do so.There is urgent need for a renewal of the skills available to and within the board, be it from a legal or strategic perspective worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/news/the-susta…
I am grateful for the work you do Helena Bottemiller Evich. So important. This infant formula debacle is hard to believe.
ASU's loss is Northwestern's gain. Good news is Bryan Brayboy will continue to lead on issues of social justice in the academy.
Thanks to CoBank's generous ongoing support of our mission, we look forward to welcoming thousands of volunteers each year to the CoBank Volunteer Zone at the new Klein Center for Jobs & Justice! loom.ly/l_dt1fY #hungerfighters #dcck #bringingthekitchenhome
At the Arizona State University Deans & Directors mtg w/ Michael Crow & Nancy Gonzales & learned that ASU graduates more Native students than all 66 AAU universities combined & the 2nd most Latinx students of all Hispanic Serving Institutions. Love working at an institution that values inclusion.
We don't have consensus on every aspect of the National Program Organic, yet this continues to be a global leader in this space. Continuous improvement is essential - organic has and continues to improve, should via the 2023 Farm Bill. Kathleen Merrigan ASU Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems #GrowOrganic
About 6% of food Americans eat is organic, yet less than 2% of resources that go toward ag policy are for organic. We need to close this gap. Kathleen Merrigan #2023FarmBill #GrowOrganic Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Also, put on your boots and visit your local organic farm! Kathleen Merrigan #GrowOrganic