Spearheading the Dialogue in Food Systems Leadership
with Brenda Schoepp
Our Vision
We will engage with you in diverse conversations around agriculture and food leadership. We will empower you to embrace your talents and encourage you to create self-directed, resilient, regenerative, ecologically balanced outcomes. We commit to inclusion, authenticity and the preservation of dignity at all times.
Why
We believe that each unique challenge and each solution belongs to those who live it.
We appreciate agriculture and food as the global ecological, cultural, economic, social, community, health and justice connectors.
We know that your contribution to the discussion brings value, diversity of thought, and fosters creative ways of learning, knowing and doing.
Recent Blog Posts
- Questions we should be asking – Part 3What questions should we be asking 3 Asking for financials before succession planning. When Tom’s* dad asked him to take over the family farm he was excited. Wisely, Tom asked to see the financials. The answer was a firm “no” which was a little rude and very confusing for Tom considering that the knowledge of the financials of the business was fundamental in the decision-making process. No person can take – ‘Dad said I could have the farm but I do not know his financial situation’ to the bank. Wendy’s* story is similar. As the daughter in law on the… Read more: Questions we should be asking – Part 3
- Questions we should be asking. Part 2Protectionism vs Collaboration History points to a fragmented past in agriculture among commodities. A time in which the sectors had a focus to compete for market share and thoughts of collaborative efforts were non- existent. It’s tough to put together agricultural policy with so many bulls in the pen and it’s tougher yet to sell a nation to ready buyers should commodities pit against each other at the bargaining table. Keeping that linear mindset is certain to tip the cart in favor of the competition – outside of our borders. We may want to consider what happens when we engage… Read more: Questions we should be asking. Part 2