{"id":115,"date":"2023-07-11T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox2.gfl.rtd.asu.edu\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:12:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uds-hero-md alignfull has-btn-row \"><div class=\"hero-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day.jpg\" class=\"hero\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/blue-sky-organic-farms-swette-field-day-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">About<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems develops innovative ideas and solutions to the many challenges of current food systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg-color \" style=\"background-color: ;\" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking a holistic and transdisciplinary approach, the Swette Center facilitates research, education, partnerships and policy solutions to advance sustainable food systems.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-copy-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swette Center (pronounced \u201cswee-tee\u201d) staff and faculty recognize that one-dimensional metrics, like yield per hectare, are important but blind us to many opportunities if not considered within a broader food systems approach. Increasingly, food system analysis is recognized for its power to provide greater understanding of complex interactions and real world dynamics than other kinds of lenses, frameworks or models. Food system analysis can help policymakers and others understand potential trade-offs of proposed interventions, technologies and policies by taking into account the many aspects of food and agriculture typically studied \u2014 agricultural land, inputs, fisheries, infrastructure, labor and the like \u2014 and placing these component parts within an integrated social and environmental context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Swette Center, our team is reinventing research processes, and by doing so, the Center is producing policy-relevant knowledge to make the consequences of our food choices explicit in quantitative and qualitative terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero media-file \" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/08\/lettuce-photo.jpg) center \/ auto repeat;\" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"card    \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\"><p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Our mission<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\"><p>Together, we drive social progress, economic productivity and ecosystem resilience through food systems transformation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-gray-7-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"card    \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\"><p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Our vision<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\"><p>A world where all communities enjoy nutritious food produced from thriving, equitable and environmentally sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg network-black \" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Our ethos<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Accessible expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">We are perpetual students cultivating an inviting environment of curiosity, critical thinking and networking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Facilitating and accelerating innovation through cross-pollination<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">ASU sustainability scientists and scholars connect and collaborate with global food producers, distributors and consumers to solve pressing food systems challenges through holistic systems thinking and design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Commitment to our community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re more than scholars and policymakers \u2014 we\u2019re friends, change agents and embedded partners working with all who shape food systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Cultivating the future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Empowering the next generations through cutting-edge research, education and policy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg-color bg-gray-2 \" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating the future of food:<br>A five year review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-copy-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From groundbreaking research that pushes the boundaries of food accounting to educational programs that empower the next generation of food policy leaders, our 5-year report encapsulates the Swette Center\u2019s multidimensional impact through the lens of seven strategic priorities. Join us in reflecting on the past and creating the future of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=swette_center_-_5_year_report&#038;u=asuoked\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg-color \" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our <span class=\"highlight-gold\">executive director<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/3352774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kathleen Merrigan<\/a>, executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, brings her invaluable expertise in policy and academia to work with local producers, state and national leaders, and university faculty and students to achieve the sustainable food future that we are all eager to embrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-asu-maroon-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statepress.com\/article\/2023\/03\/kathleen-merrigan-profile-swette-director-sustainability-policy\">Read more in The State Press<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kathleen Merrigan: On her career\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynrePTmabqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg topo-white \" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"card  card-horizontal  \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/F23-ASU-Pres-Awards-86.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people on the stage giving speech\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-content-wrapper\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\"><p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Recognitions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2023, the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems earned the prestigious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20231208-solutions-sustainability-civic-engagement-projects-receive-presidents-awards\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASU President\u2019s Award for Transdisciplinary Collaboration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in recognition of their ongoing efforts to advance organic agriculture and policy. This accolade reflects the Center&#8217;s commitment to fostering collaboration across disciplines for a more sustainable future. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the renowned nonprofit Food Tank has consistently recognized the Swette Center&#8217;s dedication to food systems transformation. In 2026, for the sixth consecutive year, the Center was named among the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foodtank.com\/news\/2025\/12\/food-agriculture-orgs-to-watch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> top organizations around the world<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> building equitable and resilient food systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- close horizontal content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg-color \" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Kelly and Brian Swette<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems was established thanks to a generous gift from Kelly and Brian Swette, longtime supporters of ASU.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among their many career accomplishments, Kelly and Brian Swette are perhaps best known for founding Sweet Earth Natural Foods, a leading company in the plant-based, natural and organic foods sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to serving as the CEO of Sweet Earth for six years, Kelly was the Global Vice President of Marketing at Calvin Klein and held several leadership roles during her decade-long tenure at PepsiCo. She has also contributed her expertise as a board member for Thistle and the Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science, and the Environment. Kelly describes herself as engineer by training, marketer by trade, and foodie by love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian Swette is a proud alumnus and trustee of ASU.  As the former President of Sweet Earth Natural Foods, Brian was instrumental in driving the company\u2019s growth and success in the plant-based food market. His extensive career includes roles as Chief Operating Officer of eBay, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for PepsiCo, and Brand Manager at Procter &amp; Gamble. His board experience is equally impressive, with positions at Burger King, Jamba Juice, FRS Company, and Endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;When I think about sustainability, I think about it as a moral imperative.&#8221;<br>  &#8211; Brian Swette<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ASU Founders\u2019 Day 2022: Kelly and Brian Swette \u2014 Philanthropists of the Year Award\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QEaGuZgMoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kelly and Brian Swette were recipients of the ASU Founders\u2019 Day 2022 Philanthropists of the Year Award<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg morse-code-white \" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">Explore more<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us to create the future of food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"uds-grid-links three-columns text-gold \" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/research-overview-and-reports\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"fa-fw fas fa-search\"><\/span>Research<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/transition-to-organic-partnership-program-topp\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"fa-fw fas fa-users\"><\/span>Initiatives<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/graduate\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"fa-fw fas fa-graduation-cap\"><\/span>Academics<\/a><\/div><!-- end .uds-grid-links --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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