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Sara Merhi’s mission is to build sustainable food systems for healthy, nutritious and sustainable food for all. She focuses a lot of her time on the middle east in particular.
Over 321 books from 170 plus interviews over 5 years
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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-merhi/
Timestamps / Chapters
00:00 Introducing Sara Merhi
00:22 Where she’s based and pronunciation
00:53 Sara Merhi’s background
02:50 Middle East net importer of food
03:55 Culture push back for plant based
05:40 Kabob, impossible burger, and testing
08:40 Cell ag, plant based, policies
12:03 Ukraine war affect on food in the middle east
14:55 Foods to see in the middle east
17:10 Vertical Farming and climate change
18:38 Oil money diversify
19:25 Exciting projects
22:35 Children school lunches, plant based
26:55 Malnutrition, obesity
28:35 Average household eating in the UAE
31:05 Junk food and health effects
35:30 Regulation fair competition, nutritional gaps in UAE
38:45 Universal basic food
41:15 Roadblocks for plant based, healthy diet
46:30 Climate change effects on Middle east and UAE
49:30 Desalination plants
52:15 Food recommendations to check out
55:55 Views on America
59:10 Safety in middle east
01:00:15 Lebanon food
01:03:20 Books
01:05:00 Working to learn
01:06:55 Specific skills on sustainability
01:10:25 Advice
01:12:16 Where she goes to stay up to date
01:13:40 Staying up to date with Sara’s work
01:14:30 Necklace