Nina Sayles spent five months of COVID isolation at her parents’ home in New Hampshire. An avid gardener, Nina took advantage of the time to expand their garden. After she graduates in May, Nina wants to expand the garden for the rest of us, too. Nina has been exploring the intersection of community health and agriculture in a dual-degree program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Graduate School of Design. While the modern industrial food system has worked wonders feeding the world, its flaws have also become apparent. Nina has set her sights on tackling regional food systems “What I want to go on and do has gone more toward focusing on the potential for a regional food system,” Nina said. “Something a little more robust than a local food system that might also have the benefit of economies of scale, which would improve food access, but also those environmental and educational benefits that you might get from local food.” Even as her interests have advanced, N...