YoungTalents Portraits: Sarah Nolan
Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, and have been collaborating in the local food domain since the spring of 2014, through initiatives, pilots and projects, together with Green Office Utrecht, Stichting Groentetas, student communities, faculties and partner organizations.
Amped and Local2Local facilitated many internships, research projects and provided students the opportunity to work, gain experience and exchange knowledge in the local food chain in the Utrecht region. This was premised on the idea that the transition to a sustainable and regionally connected food system can鈥檛 be achieved without socio-cultural change and an active leading role by the next generation. In 2020 these activities converged into the formation of , to support and grow their roles.
In the weekly Talents Portraits series we introduce young people who have been part of this journey and would like to share their experiences, learnings and views on the future of food.
This week we feature Sarah Nolan from Ireland, who鈥檚 currently working hard to finish her Master鈥檚 degree in Sustainable Development at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. Sarah has had great ambitions in sustainability studies since completing her Erasmus year in 2019. In that time and through and she heard of Local2Local and subsequently wrote a paper about Local2Local on the topic of governance before getting really involved in the Groentetas-, Grounded- and Local2Local-community. Sarah describes this journey and what followed as a butterfly effect.