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Sustainable Agriculture Expert Named Deputy Secretary of USDA

kathleen merriganBreaking News: Organic food expert Kathleen Merrigan has been named Deputy Secretary of the USDA, the second-in-command job at the nation's main agency for making policy regarding farming and food. Merrigan, a longtime advocate of sustainable agriculture, is currently the director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment MS and PhD Program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.

The decision pleases sustainable food policy advocacy groups like Food First. Merrigan was listed as one of the "Sustainable Dozen" - a list of progressive candidates for Deputy Agriculture Secretary written by the advocacy group Food Democracy Now!

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