Laguna Alumna to Oversee $10 Million Sustainable Agriculture Project in Africa

Sara Barbour named coordinator of project sponsored by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

By Tara Broucqsault for Laguna Blanca School | Published on 04.26.2012 10:36 a.m.

Laguna Blanca School 2007 alumna (and recent Columbia University grad and “food blogger”) Sara Barbour has been named coordinator of a $10 million sustainable agriculture project in Africa sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

It’s part of a $200 million commitment from the Gates Foundation to fund global agricultural sustainability and innovation.

Barbour leaves for Ethiopia in two weeks.

Click here for more information about the project.

— Tara Broucqsault is the director of communications for Laguna Blanca School.

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