Agroecology as Systems Thinking
Agroecology as Systems Thinking
The farm is a living lab for complexity: feedback loops, resilience, coordination, and the limits of control. Agroecology isn’t just a farming method — it’s a governance lens.
This talk uses food systems to make complex institutional challenges legible: supply chains, public trust, risk, innovation, and resilience under climate pressure.
Who this is for
Agri-food leaders, policy audiences, sustainability audiences, educators, municipal/regional planners, and anyone working on resilience.
Audience takeaways
- Why resilience is designed (and why efficiency can make systems brittle)
- Food systems as an “attention system”: what gets noticed, funded, and governed
- What open innovation and open infrastructure mean in practice
- How local experimentation scales through networks, not command
- A fresh language for talking about sustainability without cliché
Sample titles
- Feeding Possibility
- Resilience as Design
- The Farm as a Governance Laboratory
Best formats
Keynote; fireside; workshop; facilitated conversation across stakeholders.