You’ll find an interview with USDA’s Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan in today’s Washington Post, and the print version includes a photo of the good secretary looking like, well, a high-ranking office worker. But the real gardener turned up for the big press opening of the USDA’s People’s Garden – dressed like she was ready to plant, which she proceeded to do.
The meat of the WaPo interview covers enforcement of organic rules and what kind of backlog she inherited after 8 years of, as she says as diplomatically as possible, it not being a “high priority’. You could say that.
But to really meet Kathleen Merrigan - what makes her so qualified and why her appointment gave such hope to advocates of sustainable food production – - click here for the rundown on her by Who Runs Gov.
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She has her work cut out for her, but it sounds like she’s just the person we need right now.
I love that she looks like one of us and talks like one of us. She will be interviewed on The Garden Guys radio show, WTKK, Boston live on Sunday. 6-9 a.m. Streaming live from the website or via podcasts after Tuesday.