Merrigan helped design the national organic standards, and is seen as a champion of organic farmers and someone who can help clarify and strengthen federal food laws.

Merrigan博士曾帮助设计国家有机食品标准，被认为是有机作物农民的拥护者和能够帮助澄清和加强联邦食品法律的人。

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And great hope is being placed in Kathleen A. Merrigan, director of the agriculture, food and environment program at Tufts University, who was appointed the deputy agriculture secretary last week.

在上周被指定为农业秘书代理人(deputy agriculture secretary在这里有好几个意思，不知道哪个才是…)，Tufts大学农业、食品与环境项目主管Kathleen a . Merrigan对其寄予厚望。

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As Merrigan advises, committee objectives vary from instance to instance.

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Melody introduced them, but let me take time to also thank Secretaries Duncan and Salazar, OBM Director Peter Orszag, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan and Nancy-Ann DeParle.

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Perhaps because of her passion for organic farming, Merrigan, while a staffer for the Senate Agriculture Committee, was completely uneducable about the importance of genetically improved plant varieties to advances in agriculture.

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