Title: Community engagement with transformational change
	DOI: 10.7923/5srm-8x80

Description/Abstract:
	Grassland 2.0 Learning Hubs are place-based conversations supporting communication and co-learning among an array of community partners in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois. We are developing an Agroecological Transformation Plan (ATP) for livestock production in the Upper Midwest that will be informed and driven by the desires and visions of local communities. To help this happen, we worked with local partners to conduct interviews of key people in the region—conversations that took place in farms, offices, kitchen tables, by phone, zoom, and coffee shops. 
	
	Working shoulder-to-shoulder with local partners, I conducted 25 interviews in each of the three Wisconsin Learning Hub’s, which are called Cloverbelt, Driftless, and Ridge & Valley. Once interviews were complete, we distilled and compiled themes and worked with a graphic designer to develop visual depictions called “The Story of Now”, “The Story of the Future”, and “Pathways”. We then organized community gatherings with interviewees, steering team members, and other local partners to reflect, discuss, and revise the rich picture of their community and begin mapping visions of future outcomes and landscapes. Currently, we are developing more concrete scenarios of what the socioecological landscapes could be and what policies, markets, and conversations need to be in place to make these visions reality. 

	**Resource Use**
	*License*
	[CC-BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
	*Recommended Citation* 
	Motta GM. 2023. Community engagement with transformational change. University of Idaho. https://doi.org/10.7923/5SRM-8X80

	**Funding**
	USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture: 2019-68012-29852
	National Science Foundation, EngageINFEWS Research Coordination Network: 1856059

Resource URL: https://data.nkn.uidaho.edu/dataset/community-engagement-transformational-change	

Creator(s):	
	1. Full Name: Gabriela Martinez Motta
		Unique identifier: NULL
		Affiliation(s): PhD Student, Environment and Resources, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Other Contributor(s): NULL

Publisher: University of Idaho

Publication Year: 2023
	
Language(s): American English

Subject(s):
	1 Natural sciences
		1.5 Earth and related Environmental sciences
	4 Agricultural sciences
	5 Social sciences 

Keywords/Tags: Collaborative landscape design; place-based

Resource Type General: Audiovisual
		
Dates: 2023-04-12
	
Date available for the public: 2023-05-03
	
Sizes: 184.2 MB
	 
Format(s): mp4, pdf, txt
 
Version: NULL

Funding References: 
	USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
		Sustainable Agriculture Systems Coordinated Agricultural Program
		Award Number: 2019-68012-29852
		Award Title: Grassland 2.0
	US National Science Foundation
		Award Number: 1856059
		Award Title: INFEWS/T3 RCN: EngageINFEWS - A Research Coordination Network for Community and Stakeholder Engagement Critical to Food, Energy, and Water Systems
		Award URI: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1856059
 
Spatial/Geographical Coverage Location: NULL
 
Temporal Coverage: NULL
 
Granularity of the Data: NULL
 
Contact Info: 
	Contact Name: Gabriela Martinez Motta
	Contact Email: martinezmott@wisc.edu
 
Related Content:   
	https://grasslandag.org/ 

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	4-MartinezMotta-Slides.pdf: Slides utilized during presentation
	4-MartinezMotta-Video.mp4: Video presentation
	5srm-8x80.xml: Metadata in xml format