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Exploring the Future of Food in the Middle East and UAE – Sara Merhi – Learning with Lowell 179
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Apr 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
Introducing Sara Merhi
Where she’s based and pronunciation 
Sara Merhi’s background
Middle East net importer of food
Culture push back for plant based
Kabob, impossible burger, and testing 
Cell ag, plant based, policies 
Ukraine war affect on food in the middle east
Foods to see in the middle east
Vertical Farming and climate change
Oil money diversify 
Exciting projects
Children school lunches, plant based
Malnutrition, obesity 
Average household eating in the UAE
Junk food and health effects
Regulation fair competition, nutritional gaps in UAE
Universal basic food 
Roadblocks for plant based, healthy diet 
Climate change effects on Middle east and UAE
Desalination plants
Food recommendations to check out
Views on America
Safety in middle east 
Lebanon food 
Books
Working to learn
Specific skills on sustainability
Advice 
Where she goes to stay up to date
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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. 
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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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