Megan is Director of Glynwood’s Regional Food Program where she is instrumental in continuing and expanding Glynwood’s niche as a convener and creative producer of efforts that will ensure the Hudson Valley is a region defined by food. Central themes of her work at Glynwood include increasing the viability of farming in the Hudson Valley and establishing a food culture that is closely tied to agriculture. She is also a primary collaborator in executing convenings and trainings, both onsite and offsite, that provide networking and learning opportunities to a range of professionals across topics that will strengthen the regional food system. Previously, Megan was Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community Outreach for Slow Food USA. She holds an MA degree in the Anthropology of Food from SOAS, University of London, where her research focused on seed exchange, first-generation women farmers and food heritage. She continues her research on agrarianism and urbanism in the U.S. food system as an association of SOAS’s Food Studies Center and is working towards a PhD in Anthropology through the University of Exeter. Megan has a broad range of experience in food and agriculture, including ten years as a restaurant professional, running one of the Midwest’s largest and most successful farmers markets, and an apprenticeship at Bread & Puppet Theatre Farm.
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