Importing the Right to Food

Rural Transformations in the United States

Jun 14

Written By The Center on Modernity in Transition

Smita Narula and Joshua Lohnes

Date: May 31, 2024

Time: 10:00 to 11:30 am ET

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KERILYN SCHEWEL

Kerilyn Schewel is a Board Member of COMIT. She is co-director of the Duke Program on Climate-Related Migration and Lecturing Fellow in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Her research examines the relationship between migration and development, with a current focus on immobility, rural livelihoods, and climate change. Her book, Moved by Modernity: How Development Shapes Migration in Rural Ethiopia, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.

LEE MILLER

Lee Miller is a Senior Research Fellow at COMIT. He is a Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School, where he teaches on agricultural and environmental law. Miller also has amassed expertise in environmental advocacy, policy innovation, and coalition-building in U.S. food and farm movements. At the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, Miller coordinated a multi-law school farm bill research project promoting agricultural sustainability and justice.

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Rural Transformations in the United States

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Some of the most promising advances in sustainable and equitable development are unfolding in rural settings. Here, a diverse group of stakeholders are reshaping food systems, leveraging local knowledge, bolstering climate resilience, and enhancing community participation in the developmental journey. The initial Rural Transformations series showcased dialogues with thought leaders at the vanguard of these endeavors, offering insights into the evolving landscape and potential of rural transformation.

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