On the one hand the agroecological farming movement petitions for transformation in the food and farming sector. Yet on the other hand, there is the sense that this can happen whilst we retain our familiar western mindsets and beliefs, our ways of knowing, feeling and communicating. Can we really have outer transformation without a parallel inner one? At an international level there is an upsurge of interest in transformative methodologies. Alongside the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) which promote transformational, transpersonal skills for sustainable development. This session explores the application of these skills and capacities in farming, through the experiences of a panel of practitioners who will discuss their worldviews, their work and their methods, and the contribution that they feel this can make to real farming.

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