Welcome: From local issues to global impacts, the food system is complex. Join Jane Lloyd, a multidisciplinary environment and food system expert, as she offers insights into what it means to be food resilient.
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Session One: A session celebrating our local food heroes—ranging from urban and community gardeners to regenerative dairy farmers. This session is focused on those building the soil.
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Emberly Weatherall - Grow Wānaka
Speaker TBC - Hawea Food Forest
Mark Anderson - Westridge Farm
Session Two: Speakers will discuss how they are exploring ways to create a better food system.
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Jesse Herbert - Freshlink, Wānaka
Zeb Horrell - Future Whenua
Session Three: Enjoy lunch while listening to John McRae discuss the Glendhu Worm Farm project and discover food resilience initiatives in action.
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John McRae - Glendhu Station
Session Four : An update on the local Queenstown Lakes Food Resilience project, along with a forum to share, learn, and collaborate on food resilience efforts nationwide. This will be followed by a facilitated brainstorming session to explore how we can create a national network for a resilient, people-focused, and environmentally sustainable food system.
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Julia Blackford - Wao Trustee & The Plant Tech
The Food Resilience day is kindly hosted by: The Woolshed, Glendhu Station
The Food Resilience Day Pass also includes the Green Drinks session at Rippon that day 5:30-7:30pm: What Will 2050 Look Like? Join us for a fascinating panel discussion with Dr. Paul Spoonley, Dr. Greg Bodeker, and Emma Horgan-Heke.