Farms: Community farming - it's not about food: Josh Slotnick at TEDxUMontana
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Josh Slotnick, the co-founder of Missoula, Montana's Garden City Harvest and the PEAS Farm, describes the trans-formative power of doing humble work with others. Josh is a lecturer in the Environmental Studies at the University of Montana. He manages the PEAS farm, and teaches students on the farm and in the classroom. Josh has a master's in Professional Studies in Agriculture Extension and Adult Education from Cornell University, a BA in Philosophy from the University of Montana and a certificate in Ecological Horticulture from University of California Santa Cruz. Josh has been a partner in the family farm, Clark Fork Organics, since 1992. He is also a former Peace Corps volunteer. See more at http://tedxumontana In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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I love the talk and the ending with this--- "Recipe, small groups of people doing humble labor, where 'we are the same' producing tangible results that are meaningful = a transformative experience".
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I was one of those PEAS farm students in 2010. Josh's infectious positive attitude and community-oriented philosophy toward farming inspired me to pursue more experience in agricultural professions, and I am starting a small farm with my husband this year. We need more community leaders like Josh to inspire meaningful development in our neighborhoods and cities--I don't mean some intangible person out there. I mean any of YOU who felt like standing up and cheering at the end of this talk.
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Great talk Josh!!!!
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One of the few TED talks that does not overtly have a socialist agenda....
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Great job, Josh.
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Well done, thank you Josh Slotnick!
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I really enjoy TED Talks, but have not run across this yet. Thank you, Bigot Vanquisher for bringing me to this wonderful video. Great story.