Canadian School of Natural Nutrition

Bollok's Permaculture Homestead

The Panya Project

McGill University

Octopus Garden Yoga Center

Community Development and Food Security Specialist

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

- Project Management including budget oversight, staff and volunteer management, program development, coordination, and evaluation.
- Development and implementation of neighborhood-based projects that enhance individual and community food security.
- Capacity building through facilitation of collaborative process, strategic planning, fundraising, training and leadership development.
- Collaboration with 40+ partners including government, academic, private and community sectors.
- Development of local food policy initiatives including participation in a cross-sectoral working group to develop a comprehensive food strategy for Halifax.
- Participation on provincial and national networks and working groups, that aim to strengthen leadership and capacity for food systems initiatives across the country.

Ecology Action Centre

Senior Food Coordinator

Beanstalk Baby Food is a Halifax based company (now closed) that uses local and organic ingredients to make hand-crafted baby food. Our mission is to make high quality, nutritious food that babies and toddlers love, and to foster healthy and adventurous eaters from an early age. Our recipes include combinations of seasonal fruits and veggies, whole grains and legumes, as well as interesting herbs and spices- nothing else added. They’re sold frozen to preserve freshness and taste, and are ready to be thawed as needed. 

Beanstalk Baby Food Ltd.

Founder and Owner

- Program Planning, Evaluation & Management: Development and oversight of asset based community development initiatives that focus on health promotion and community food security
- Fundraising: Lead and assistant fundraiser on 40+ successful proposals (diverse donors)
- HR Management: Management of core staff team (4), interns and volunteers (15+)
- Partnership Development: Collaborative programming with diverse audiences (focus on marginalized communities including Newcomer Canadians, First Nations, Seniors, Youth at-risk)

Community Food Project Manager (July 2009-Dec 2011)
- Program planning and Implementation: Delivery of community food initiatives (gardens, kitchens, education programs, etc.) that build community capacity in high-needs neighbourhoods.
- Education: Weekly food garden groups and workshop delivery (healthy cooking, food gardening and infrastructure, beekeeping, permaculture design, greenhouse growing, etc.)
- Communication and Outreach: Partnership development; social media (blogs, newsletters, etc)

Evergreen Canada

Senior Manager, Community Development

- Development and delivery of experiential environmental education for youth ages 12-15, with special focus on sustainable food/energy systems.

Adventure Earh Center

Youth Educator (Team Leader)

- Oversight and development of agro-ecology systems.

El-Centro Verde Agro-Ecologie Center

Education Manager

- Adult Education: Delivery of 40+ workshops and co-delivery of a 2-month Permaculture Design Course for adult students.
- Daily stewardship of agriculturally based land systems (perennial food gardens, energy catchment and storage, sustainable forestry management, etc.).

Lost Valley Educational Center

Education Coordinator and Permaculture Land Steward

Reporting to the National Marine Fisheries Service: 
- Retrieval of information on fishing effort, location, and estimation of total catch; Sampling for species composition and biological information; -Recording incidental takes; data Entry; and debriefing reports.
- North Pacific Ground fish Observer training (Anchorage, AK)			 
- CDQ Level 2 observer training (Anchorage, AK)

Aimee Carson