Ta’ah Baxter, M.E.M.

Year: 
2026

Major/Area of Study:
Masters of Environmental Management

Current position:
O’Shaughnessy Global Food Fellow (2025)

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Ta’ah Baxter is a current Master of Environmental Science Candidate (MESC) at the Yale School of the Environment. They are a researcher and storyteller on environmental justice narratives. Ta'ah's research at Yale explores the role of African Diasporic Ecological Knowledge in sustainable and regenerative agriculture. Their research focuses on Black farmers across the Eastern United States and how they use their cultural and ancestral practices to sustain soil health, promote plant growth, and maintain community resilience. Ta'ah's work is synonymous with environmental anthropology by bridging together environmental science, cultural history, and ecological knowledge.

Additionally, Ta'ah is interested in the intersections of environmental science, cultural knowledge systems, and sustainable economic development. At Yale, they focus on gaining skills and expertise in industrial ecology and corporate sustainability topics to develop innovative frameworks that connect ecology with sustainable business operations, supply chain transparency, and local economic resilience. Ta'ah's studies ultimately aim to design economic industries that are regenerative, incorporating culture, community, and environmental stewardship into the equation. Ta'ah seeks social impact, science, and economics to develop more efficient sustainability models grounded in community wants and needs.