Splitting a Chocolate Cake w/ Dr. Kathleen Merrigan
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Kathleen Merrigan was the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2013 and is now the Executive Director at Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. She is an advocate for organic farming, worked with Michelle Obama on the Let’s Move campaign, and while working at the USDA she shaped the “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” initiative. Not only is she the person with all the answers, she also is the person who knows the right questions to ask - including some involving chocolate cake.
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