Harnessing The Power Of Food To Shape The World | Brooke Redmond | TEDxEthel Walker School Women
How food memories and a passion to help people landed Brooke at a farm in Vermont. BROOKE REDMOND ’90 is the Special Gifts Offcer at
Shelburne Farms, an education nonproft located on a historic
1,400-acres on the banks of Lake Champlain in Vermont.
Shelburne Farms’ mission is to inspire and cultivate learning
for a sustainable future and is the home to the Institute for
Sustainable Schools.Brooke’s career spans roles in broadcast journalism, education, environmental
stewardship, sustainable agriculture, community partnership development, and
communications and marketing. She has held positions at ABC News, Lifetime
Television, SitesAlive! K-12 Adventure Education, a food and wellness think
tank, and Radish Road, a consulting business she started in 2006.
Brooke received a B.A. from Skidmore College and an M.A. from Lesley
University where she developed a farm-based education program for a
1,000-acre historic working farm as part of her thesis, A Return to the Farm:
Educational Theory and Program Development in Learning Environments
Beyond the Classroom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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