M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell

Endowed Chairs College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

• W.K. Kellogg Chair for Food, Society, and Sustainability
• Established through a gift from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation

• Community Sustainability

Bio

Dr. M. Jahi Chappell is a scholar, organizer, son of social workers, and grandson of Michigan farmers. From 2020-2022, he served as the Executive Director of the Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network, or SAAFON, which offers direct support and organizing for Black, sustainable farmers in the Southeastern United States and US Virgin Islands.

Over the past 20 years, Jahi has researched and advocated at international, national, and local levels for participatory, socially just, and ecologically sustainable agrifood systems that center the voices of farmers, laborers, and the communities they serve.

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