North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN) will be hosting a webinar series in March and April on Finding Your Future in Food Systems. There will be four webinars in this series, which are free and open to the public.
This program will provide participants with connections and insights to help them identify next steps for their careers in food systems.
The series includes speakers from a wide variety of sectors within the food systems profession: policy & advocacy, market development, food access initiatives, value chain development, education, and farming, both urban and rural.
The speakers will be from job-creating organizations, agencies, and businesses, some working locally in their communities, others with national and international scope. This series is produced by college students for college students and other emerging professionals.
You can register for the webinars via the links below or on this page.
March 19 – Jordan Blekking of Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Jaclyn Pace of Utah Farmers Market Network; MaríaElena Alvarado-Rodríguez of DAISA Enterprises LLC
March 26 – Laura A. Smith of Chef Ann Foundation; Jennifer Hashley of New Entry Sustainable Farming Project; Tera Ashley of The Nashville Food Project
April 16 – Alondra Cano of Marbleseed; Maddie Kempner of Northeast Organic Farming Association of VT (NOFA-VT); Nora Miller of Farm Aid
Apr 23 – Hakeem Holmes of National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT); Zainab Pixler of Cleveland Department of Public Health; Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin of Kentucky Black Farmers Association
