Introducing the REGAIN Network Weavers
We’re so excited to introduce the three network members who will be serving as Network Weavers over the next four months! These individuals will work to create inclusive spaces for learning, connecting, and growing through the network. They are regenerative food & farming systems practitioners, advocates, and coalition-building experts who will use their passion to influence engagement and shape the identity of the network. Stay tuned for more from these fabulous folks!
Jahia is a farmer, activist, scholar, and organizer originally from Baltimore, Maryland who lives in Berlin, Germany. She became active in food justice in the summer of 2014, and since then has paralleled her academic studies with an extracurricular education in land stewardship, regenerative agriculture, and wildcrafting. She is most passionate about the power of regenerative agriculture to build and heal marginalized communities. While working as a REGAIN Network Weaver, she looks forward to learning from community members about what they need most in 2022 and is excited to bring in queer, womxn, and BIPOC perspectives to REGAIN’s offerings!
Michelle Gilman is a public health nutritionist specializing in local and international network weaving, food education and community programs. She lives in an ecovillage in Western MA, although she grew up on the south shore of Boston. Michelle is passionate about the soil-ecosystem-human health nexus and the cultural components for achieving balance through dietary practices, community engagement, and agroecological approaches to food production. She’s eager to spark discussions related to all things diet, culture, and agroecology in order to learn and grow with REGAIN members of various interest areas and skill sets. Though varied backgrounds come together on this platform, our passions overlap on the technical, creative, and theoretical lenses to issues surrounding regenerative agriculture. Learn more about Michelle’s work at Food Fluency!
Azhar Khanmohamed is a farmer, organizer, and educator from San Antonio, Texas. Azhar spent the last six years in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended university and co-founded Atplanta, a sliding scale vegetable garden service. Azhar is currently traveling the California coast exploring different agricultural communities through WWOOF’s work-trade program. Azhar is most excited about BIPOC-led projects and spaces within the regenerative agriculture movement, and believes they have the potential to be truly transformative and healing for Black and Brown communities, as well as our food systems overall. As a Network Weaver with REGAIN, Azhar hopes to focus on land-based justice and liberation by building awareness of the experiences of BIPOC farmers, and facilitating events related to agroecology, social movements, racial justice, and climate resilience
If you have questions about the Network Weaver program, please reach out to Tracey Boulandi at [email protected].
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