FLEdGE webinar on Supporting Farmer Livelihoods: Research Partnerships for Action

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Author: Sustain Ontario

Posted: January 8, 2021

FLEdGE Research is hosting an upcoming webinar, Supporting Farmer Livelihoods: Research Partnerships for Action, on Friday, January 22, from 12:30 – 2 p.m. EST.

In this webinar, panelists will examine policy dialogues, digital retail spaces and ecological production for farmers in Canada. Panelists will present findings from three projects including lessons learned from a community partnership on the future of farming in Hastings County, data on how digital technologies are changing how farmers engage in markets across the country, and insights collected at a field school on agroecology in Canada.

Moderator and Speakers:

Bryan Dale, Feeding the City: Pandemic and Beyond
Charles Levkoe, Lakehead University
Theresa Schumilas, Open Food Network Canada
David Thomas, Open Food Network Canada
Peter Andrée, Carleton University
Louise Livingstone, Harvest Hastings
Bess Legault, National Farmers’ Union

The webinar will be in English with simultaneous French interpretation available.

Learn more and register online here.