Workshops & talks

WORKSHOPS I OFFER…

Professional learning opportunities

PLANNING FOR RESILIENCE ON YOUR FARM

There’s good news: planning for climate resilience is possible for every farm. This full-day workshop offers a clear conceptualization of climate stressors, our vulnerabilities to these stressors, and how each farmer can develop his/her ability to better cope with stressors. This workshop builds on work by two pioneers of the agroecology movement, Clara Nichols and M. Altieri. It offers a clear self-assessment and planning framework that helps farmers identify their individual vulnerabilities and prioritize coping strategies for increased resilience at farm and at community level.

BARN ACADEMY: REGENERATIVE IMMERSION

Biosphere regeneration builds climate resilience. This two-day immersion offers the opportunity to broadly learn about the science of climate change, the psychology around coping with climate grief, and activist options to overcome societal paralysis. The content of the Barn Academy can also be offered as series of workshops. For more information, please visit our dedicated website.

TALKS I OFFER…

A variety of topics and formats for different audiences

CLIMATE AND BIOSPHERE

The Earth’s climate system depends on the regulating function of the biosphere. While fossil fuel emissions must be reduced, I advocate that more attention is given to these biosphere functions: the soil sponge, vegetation and animals, and the small water cycle. Humans can regenerate the biosphere and rebuild landscape resilience to climate change. A series of talks offer a hopeful message that is much needed in today’s world, with many intervention points for communities and planners.  Please review details and topics here.

 

COLLABORATIVE MARKETING

Collaborative marketing is an exciting third path between wholesale and direct marketing. What options for collaborative marketing exist, and how can your group get started? These questions not only depend on your products and markets, but also on the skills and preferences of an emerging group.

REBUILDING FOOD SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE

Food systems require scale-appropriate value chain infrastructure that supports farmers where they are at. I believe that a core task of communities and the public sector is to aid rebuilding this infrastructure and remove structural barriers to a re-emerging agriculture of the middle.  This talk offers insights and examples based on the experiences in own projects and past clients, with the goal of incentivizing a cautious and contextualized rebirth of an agriculture of the middle.

 

WHOLESALING MEAT

Even though the production of regenerative meat is price competitive to conventional practices, farmers struggle getting their meat to markets. Especially for marketing through short value chains, farmers must find ways to ensure consistent processing quality.  This talk builds on several business planning initiatives with organic and regenerative farmers and highlights barriers and strategies how to address these.

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