Outcomes:

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about and explore what resilience means in a farm business context, why it matters, and some innovative tools for strengthening it.

 

The workshop will focus on facilitated discussions, with short presentations on key subjects acting as a catalyst for each breakout session. These presentations will include:

 

• What is resilience?

  • Financial, social, and environmental resilience, and how they work together

 

• Taking stock – assessing the resiliency of farm businesses

 

• Tools for resilience building

  • Diversification

    • Non-farm businesses

    • Ecosystem services – an additional value stream

  • Collaboration

    • Market access and engagement

    • Knowledge/skill sharing

 

The topics and discussions will be structured to bring out and take advantage of different participant perspectives, which will include government, industry, and academia.

 

 

Plan for event:

1. Introduction, background (5 minutes)

2. What is resilience?

   1. Presentation (10 min)

   2. Breakout discussions (15 min)

3. Taking stock – assessing the resiliency of farm businesses

   1. Presentation (10 min)

   2. Breakout discussions (15 min)

4. Break (5 min)

5. Building resilience

   1. Presentation (15 min)

   2. Breakout discussions (30 min)

6. Wrap-up discussion, final thoughts (15 min)