Molly Jahn: The Real Risks in the Food System
Heartland Stories Radio
English - June 07, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family sustainableagriculture farming food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Molly Jahn is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she holds appointments in the Department of Agronomy, the Nelson Institute, the Global Health Institute (on leave 2019-20 for Government Service), and a $0 appointment in the Wisconsin School of Law. She is currently on an Interagency Personnel Agreement from UW-Madison to work as a Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Tune in to learn more about:
The risks in the US food system and why they should be a concern; The multiple breadbasket failure; How COVID revealed the fragility of the food system; The negative effects of driving diversity out of the food system; How conflicts are a real threat to the stability of the food system; The future of microbial foods.To learn more about Dr. Jahn and her work go to https://jahnresearchgroup.net/who-we-are/molly-jahn/.