Weaving a New Narrative: Agriculture as a Catalyst of Culture Change

Weaving a New Narrative: Agriculture as a Catalyst of Culture Change
Panel discussion, NOFA Vermont 38th Annual Winter Conference
Recorded February 16, 2020
University of Vermont, Burlington
Lisa Fernandes will lead a discussion pushing back on the
narrative of competition and scarcity, weaving a new story about
interdependence, bounty, and the possibility of what happens
when we come together to imagine a bold, interdependent,
mutually beneficial food system with people, land, and justice at
the core. Lisa will facilitate conversation between farmers, food
activists, chefs, and leaders in the food system to flesh out what a
thriving future can look like.
Lisa Fernandes is the Director of Communications for Food Solutions
New England & Founder of the Resilience Hub in Portland, ME. She is
a strategist, facilitator, speaker, network weaver and educator who
believes that resilience-building is among the best approaches we
have for creating vibrant futures. Mariah Gladstone, Cherokee
and Blackfeet, developed Indigikitchen, an online cooking platform,
to revitalize and re-imagine Native foods. She has been named a “25
Under 25 Leader in Indian Country” and a “Champion for Change” by
the Center for Native American Youth. John and Nancy Hayden are
the husband and wife team who own and operate The Farm Between.
In this day and age of climate and social instability, one of their goals is
to encourage people to heal themselves and the planet by reconnecting
with the matrix of life that surrounds us. Hilary Martin has been a
co-owner of Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm since 2002. She resides with
her daughter in one of the last small housing co-ops in Burlington’s Old
North End. Julie Wolcott farms organically with her partner, Stephen
MacCausland and family in Fairfield. After 40 years of milking cows,
Green Wind Farm has transferred ownership of their Jersey cattle as well
as leasing the dairy barn and 50 acres to their young neighbors.

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