Grow potatoes! Teach the kids.

​Lunchtime conversation with guest Robert Cervelli

​Join us to explore the reality of our food system in Nova Scotia in a time of tariffs, climate change, and global instability with Robert Cervelli from the Centre for Local Prosperity and Transition Bay St Margarets.  Host Emily Cowin will explore Robert’s 25-year journey learning what it takes to grow 50% of the food his family requires on his land, and we will find some seeds of hope sprouting in the landscape of Nova Scotia’s food system.

​During the final half hour, we will engage in small breakout groups and then return for a final Q&A with our guest.

​Robert Cervelli has been an active volunteer in community building for over 35 years.  Robert is the Senior Advisor and Co-Founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.  He is also Co-Founder and Chair of Transition Bay St Margarets Bay, the first Transition Initiative in the Maritimes.  He advises rural communities on the process of drawing out the skills and projects inherent in local cultures to build resilience and adaptability to global changes.  As an experienced botanist and horticulturalist, Robert manages a two-acre ‘teaching centre micro-farm’ at his home in St Margarets Bay.  He holds a Bachelors degree in Forestry from Purdue University and a Masters in Botany from the University of Wisconsin.