„Thanks for your presentation yesterday, it was informative & beautifully put together.” -attendee review on The Schumacher Institute session on ‘Walkability and Community Agriculture’ that I presented at last week.
Last week I presented for my 1st time on learnings around walkability with narrative building & momentum for issues of community and urban agriculture.
I’m very comfortable and used to talking about issues of walkability in front of groups but this was my first time presenting on issues of community agriculture, which I only formally began pulling into my wheelhouse at Pedestrian Space with my media, advocacy and research activities this year.
My presentation was, as is typical for me, loaded with many slides, visuals, storytelling and bits of info about the work I’m beginning to do on the ground.
The discussion session was very thoughtful, with many attendees raising multiple points that added food for thought and the chat board was also very busy place.
I am really grateful for an interesting and positive presentation ad discussion experience and also thoughtful comments from attendees about their experience at the session.
„Education is what matters most. A local school garden gave excess produce to families. Many families didn’t know how to use the produce
When I read the above comment that an attendee to the online session on ‘Narrative Building & Momentum for Community Agriculture’ wrote, it was definitely an exciting moment as it connected to one of my own motivators.
One of my own primary motivations to contribute to & participate in the movement of community agriculture is education & awareness building- not only the development of community knowledge for diverse gardening initiatives at community scale but also understanding & awareness of diverse benefits of & ways to use different vegetables, fruits & herbs in the kitchen & home.
Link to session on ‘Narrative Building & Mometum for Community Agriculture’, facilitated by The Schumacher Institute, that I presented at below: