Kathleen Frith has been appointed president of Glynwood, one of the leading sustainable agriculture and food organisations in the US. Glynwood’s aim is to save farming by strengthening farm communities and regional food systems, and they wish to draw on Frith’s experience at the Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health & the Global Environment to foster greater collaboration between organisations in the development of regional food systems.
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