Speaker Profile
Our Founder and Executive Director, Allison Penner, leads our speaking engagements. As a University of Guelph graduate and a lifelong environmentalist, her extensive knowledge, and passion for food system issues brings energy and a unique perspective to every presentation. She has received multiple speaking certificates from the World Conference on Education and has spoken at a variety of events and to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, where her enthusiasm for resolving food system issues brings all people and industries to the conversation.
At Reimagine Agriculture, we work to build and spread fundamental knowledge of the food system and related world issues to create change on an individual and systemic level. Through our knowledge mobilization efforts, we achieve this in multiple ways: We create educational videos, deliver in-person and virtual presentations, and create materials to facilitate further education and conversation in the classroom and beyond.
We love creating tailored material that is as unique as the audience we are delivering it to. Our sessions are fully interactive, meaning you won't leave with more questions than you arrived with - we are here to dispel the myths, push the facts, and let you know when we (or science) don’t know the answer yet!
Please reach out below if you are interested in having our team speak in your classroom, lecture hall, or board room on any of the below topics. We also offer virtual presentations where requested, plus it is free for those in the education community!
Our three-video series on Cultivated Meat explores the concept of this new food product, the science behind it, and what it can mean for food security and humanity's future respectively.
These lesson plans are designed to further education and conversations around the impacts of traditional animal agriculture and the benefits of the revolutionary technology that is cultivated meat.
Our three-part series on Food Waste and Loss explores the ways in which food is wasted and lost throughout the production process, the opportunities that this food loss presents as a means of food security and fighting climate change, and finally, the 'why' of food waste.
To support our video series on Food Loss and Waste, we have created lesson plans tailored to each of the above videos. These lesson plans are offered freely to all educators who are interested in teaching their students about the issues in Canada's food supply chain.
Our two-part Drought series looks at the interconnections between drought and our food system. The first video discusses how drought impacts global food systems and the wide-ranging effects. The second video explains the power we each have to exacerbate or limit the impacts of drought through our food choices.
The following information and activity sheets are designed to support you on your journey to learn about and take action on drought.
Speaker Profile
Our Founder and Executive Director, Allison Penner, leads our speaking engagements. As a University of Guelph graduate and a lifelong environmentalist, her extensive knowledge, and passion for food system issues brings energy and a unique perspective to every presentation. She has received multiple speaking certificates from the World Conference on Education and has spoken at a variety of events and to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, where her enthusiasm for resolving food system issues brings all people and industries to the conversation.
Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Reimagine Agriculture acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations. Please read our full land acknowledgement here.