"Owning your own sparkle" Liz Brennan a Community Development Expert: "Just because we produce enough food doesn't mean that people aren't hungry"

03/07/2024 54 min Temporada 6 Episodio 44
"Owning your own sparkle" Liz Brennan a Community Development Expert: "Just because we produce enough food doesn't mean that people aren't hungry"

Listen ""Owning your own sparkle" Liz Brennan a Community Development Expert: "Just because we produce enough food doesn't mean that people aren't hungry" "

Episode Synopsis


Community Developer. Small Business Owner. Avid Netballer. International Agriculturalist. Local community enthusiast. Sometimes a travelling groupie (for certain bands). Liz Brennan is a legend, a very, very interesting person, and someone we've been fortunate to have known over the past few years.Her life experience is so incredibly fascinating having worked across the length and breadth of Australia (with a large part in her beloved home state of Western Australia), she's worked internationally supporting farmers with increasing their productivity, access to markets with a particular focus on empowering women farmers. She's supported start-ups, served on the board of publicly listed companies, championed Women, mentored many [just stopping to draw breath], is an absolute powerhouse and, above all - makes time for a good ol' yarn and has been an incredible friend of HOA!In today's chat we cover:How Liz has sought Home through people and communitiesThe complexity of Food Security and what is required to deliver more equitable outcomes for allPassion + Cursioty can create incredible opportunities for impactful work in agriculture, leadership and community developmentFinding like-minded people and organisations to deliver meaningful and sustained changeSeeking wisdom and support from others (especially those with different perspectives)The beauty, power and incredibleness of local communities

More episodes of the podcast Humans of Agriculture