Planet Forward Founder Frank Sesno moderates this panel discussion featuring our four Planet Forward-FAO Summer Storytelling Fellows about the food security and agriculture issues they explored through their work this summer.
Our four Fellows' stories covered: The barriers of entry to agriculture for aspiring young farmers — and the creative ways some are transcending these barriers to feed communities; a look at solutions to environmentally harmful industrial agricultural practices — and how more sustainable practices can scale; how cities worked to get food in the hands of those who most needed it during the pandemic — and what happens next; and restoration of Indigenous agricultural and aquaculture practices in Hawaii — and the important role storytelling plays in these practices.
Our Fellows are:
• Sejal Govindarao, a rising sophomore studying Political Communication at George Washington University.
• Terrius Harris, currently pursuing his Master's of Legal Studies for Indigenous Peoples Law at University of Oklahoma, who is also is a previous Storyfest winner, a past Senior Planet Forward Correspondent, and traveled with Planet Forward to the Committee on World Food Security in 2018.
• Jules Struck, from Emerson College, who is pursuing a Master’s degree in Journalism.
• Benjamin Thomas, a junior studying Environmental Studies at Franklin & Marshall College.
