Join the Swetland Center for Environmental Health on Nov. 15, for “Approaching Food Systems, Agriculture, and Nutrition Work Through an Integrative Lens of Equity, Sustainability, Cultural Respect, and Community-Centeredness: The SUSHI Project,” featuring Brandy E. Phipps, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences at Central State University. Phipps will discuss the SUSHI project, a $10 million United States Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agriculture Systems initiative focused on:
- Investigating methods to decrease the cost and environmental impact of nutrient-dense food production;
- Increasing domestic markets for hemp grain and aquaculture to positively impact environmental footprint and equity/access issues within food production in the United States;
- Contributing to the diversity of the agriculture workforce; and
- 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.