November Swetland Seminar || The SUSHI Project

Dr. Brandy E. Phipps, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Central State University will share about one of her current projects - the SUSHI project  - a $10 million USDA Sustainable Agriculture Systems project focused on the following goals:
a) investigating methods to decrease the cost and environmental impact of nutrient-dense food production;
b) increasing domestic markets for hemp grain and aquaculture to positively impact environmental footprint and equity/access issues within food production in the US;
c) contributing to the diversity of the agriculture workforce; and d) supporting the food sovereignty and public health efforts of a low-resourced minority community.

Work from this project is expected to serve as a model for transdisciplinary and integrated agriculture and food systems work and to show how to approach future partnerships between academia (and other high-resourced) entities to form authentic, respectful, and meaningful relationships with the communities in which they reside and serve.

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