Michael Roberts waxa uu ku biiray McKnight isaga oo ah sarkaal sare oo barnaamijka Cimilada iyo Tamarta Midwest ah Noofambar 2022. Doorkan, waxa uu kormeeraa oo uu horumariyaa faylalka deeqaha ee muhiimka ah kuwaas oo taageera dadaallada lagu dhisayo awoodda iyada oo loo marayo iskaashi, is waafajinta cimilada McKnight iyo yoolalka sinnaanta si loo horumariyo xalalka dhibaatada cimilada. Michael waxa uu shaqadiisa u huray in uu ka shaqeeyo isgoysyada, isku xidhka arrimaha u adkaysiga cimilada, maamulka dhulka, horumarinta bulshada, iyo cadaalada bulshada.
Michael wuxuu dhawaan ku noolaa Athens, GA, halkaas oo uu ka soo shaqeeyay gudaha arrimaha ilaalinta dhulka, horumarinta nidaamka beeralayda iyo cuntada, iyo dhisida buundooyinka u dhexeeya horumarinta bulshada deegaanka iyo cimilada iyo dadaallada tamarta la cusboonaysiin karo. Waxa kale oo uu bixiyay adeegyo la-talin istiraatijiyad samafal ah oo ku saabsan fagaarayaasha caddaaladda deegaanka, adkeysiga cimilada, iyo sinnaanta jinsiyadda sidii lataliye madax-bannaan.
Taas ka hor, Michael waxa uu u shaqeeyay sidii maamulaha barnaamijka Cuntada & Beeraha ee Mashruuca Saacadda 11-aad, barnaamijka Schmidt Family Foundation, halkaas oo uu u qaabeeyey, fududeeyey, oo uu ku maamulay maalgelinta iskaashiyo dawladeed iyo kuwo gaar loo leeyahay oo kala duwan. Michael wuxuu adeegsaday hab-dhis hantiyeed iyo hab iskaashi oo deeq-bixineed istiraatijiyad ah, isagoo ballaariyay mashruuca 11-ka saac ee mashruuca qaran ee Cuntada & Beeraha ee Koonfur-bari 2014 iyadoo diiradda la saarayo wax ka qabashada arrimaha soo food saaray beeralayda dakhligoodu hooseeyo iyo bulshooyinka midabka leh.
Waxyaabihii kale ee muhiimka ahaa ee waqtigii Michael ee Schmidt Family Foundation waxaa ka mid ah taageeridda koox urureed iyadoo lala kaashanayo USDA Horumarinta Reer Miyiga si loo hagaajiyo helitaanka cuntada iyo natiijooyinka adkeysiga beeraha; Bixinta taageero firfircoon si loo bilaabo barnaamijka amaahda dhulka ee lagu beegsanayo beeralayda dakhligoodu yar yahay ee California FarmLink; iyo fududaynta balaadhinta Suuqa Guud ee Koonfur-bari.
Michael waxa uu shahaadada mastarka ee deegaanka iyo horumarka waara ka qaatay University College London, halkaas oo uu ku takhasusay beero waara iyo hababka cilmi baadhiseed ka qaybqaadashada. Hadda waxa uu ka shaqeeyaa Guddiga Maamulka ee Suuqa Guud ee Koonfur Bari. Sida Michael uu degay Minnesota, waxa uu rajaynaya in uu sahmiyo jardiinooyin badan oo Minneapolis ah, oo ku dul boodboodaya biyaha xadka, barashada barafka barafka ee dalka, iyo in uu barayo inantiisa sida loo isticmaalo barafka.
Xigasho la jecel yahay: "Abaabulka guusha leh wuxuu ku salaysan yahay aqoonsiga in dadku abaabulaan sababtoo ah iyaguna waxay leeyihiin aragti." - Senator Paul Wellstone