This blogpost by Michelle Kovacevic originally appeared on GFAR Blog

When I joined the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network as mentoring coordinator in February 2015, I hoped to facilitate a mentoring program that helped YPARD members to be brave, be bold and be open.

To be brave because creating a sustainable food system, better youth employment, combating climate change and equalising gender can be tiring and sometimes frightening work.

To be bold because as Albert Einstein said: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

To be open because only through sharing ideas and working together will we be able to solve these problems. It is our increasing disconnection from ourselves, each other and nature that kind of got humanity into this mess in the first place.

Read the full post at YPARD