Join us for a conversation with Extension Educator Walt Whitmer about insights on community-led stakeholder engagement from the five-year “Water for Agriculture” project.
This session will discuss insights from the five-year USDA-NIFA funded Water for Agriculture project – a collaborative research and engagement project designed to expand the evidence base for the research and practice of community-led stakeholder engagement in water and agricultural contexts. We’ll also discuss some of the lessons learned from implementing these types of projects in ways that are adaptive and responsive to the emergent needs and priorities of the communities with whom we work.
Walt Whitmer is a Senior Extension Associate with Penn State Extension responsible for statewide economic and community development, teaching, research, and educational programs. He brings thirty years of community and economic development experience to the project, and his areas of expertise include community engagement and public participation, economic development, community and organizational development, strategic planning, public policy education, conflict management, and program evaluation.
Each Stories from the Field session will be open and conversational. Speakers will share a bit about their applied research work to springboard conversations with attendees about the practice of community-engaged applied research. Join us to talk about the challenges and opportunities of doing work with communities, businesses, and the public sector.