Emily Cassidy

The Emily Cassidy talk on food security and inefficient meat production processes takes a statistical approach. The Master's student is currently studying natural resources management at the Institute of the Environment with Jonathan Folley. This is through the College of Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Science at the University of Minnesota. She is also a research assistant with the Global Landscapes Initiative with a background in environmental science.

The Emily Cassidy talk demonstrates her interest in global diet preferences and how they impact environmental change. Her research focuses on global crop use, which is evident through the academic nature of her speech. Her suggestions for sustainable protein consumption are conservative, suggesting humans choose chicken or pork over beef.