Post by Food Works Group

Inspiring session at the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Forum where Emily (Hagel) Paul from Food Works Group and Karen Wilkes from Liberty Prairie Farm demonstrated how working land can become civic infrastructure to do public good. https://lnkd.in/g6VJTEVH Their presentation on Liberty Prairie's 95-acre conservation farm showed that farmland doesn't have to choose between conservation and production - it can do both while serving as stormwater infrastructure, native habitat, and a living classroom. https://lnkd.in/eADcRNsX 🔉Key takeaway: When we reimagine privately held land through the lens of public good, we create systems where land management becomes education, food access is built into the landscape, and community resilience grows from the ground up. The session connected these on-the-ground practices to policy frameworks from the Illinois Pathway Program to Grow Lake County, offering scalable models for turning overlooked spaces into thriving, productive systems that benefit entire communities. #AAAS2025 #RegenerativeAgriculture #ConservationFarming #FoodSystems #LandStewardship #CommunityResilience #SustainableAgriculture