Philip Ackerman-Leist
Balancing an educator’s vision with a farmer’s pragmatism
Points of Passion
Unraveling Complexity
Food systems are inherently complex, but rebuilding them into regenerative and equitable models requires understanding the systems and levers of change. Research, books, keynotes, workshops, public art--every interpretation helps engage and inform a different audience.
Box Outside the Think
Education is at its best when we step out of familiar places, paradigms, and roles. Status quo education doesn't cultivate the agents of change needed to transform food systems. Collaborative learning--onsite, online, and hybridized--grounds us all and moves us toward viable solutions .
Off-Grid Farming
UpTunket Farm has been a litmus test and source of constant grounding for 25 years, centered around raising a family and American Milking Devon cattle on an off-grid homestead. The realities of farming within the food systems laboratory we call "Vermont" informs all of my work.
ABOUT PHILIP
Author. Homesteader. Farmer. Father. Researcher. Free-Range Educator. Public Speaker.
In no particular order because every day is different and life is highly seasonal, especially in Vermont. The common thread that runs through it all? Caring about what happens next. And trying to do a little something about it, with gratitude.
QUESTIONS?
Interested in collaborating?
Feel free to reach out.
If we’re both lucky, I’m home.