Thorsten Arnold

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Research methods Thorsten Arnold was born and raised in Bielefeld, Germany. Since his master program in environmental sciences, his interest in Climate Change focused his work on the connection between agriculture and water. He participated in national and international civil society networks and later finished his PhD on watershed management and water rights. In 2009, he moved to Ontario/Grey County with his wife Kristine and bought a farm, Persephone Market Garden. He first worked for the Conservation Authorities on Drinking Water Source Protection and also for Persephone Market Garden with his wife Kristine. For the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Toronto Region conservation authority, Thorsten has worked on establishing guidelines for the management of numerical models in public sector institutions during the winter of 2014/15. Some material was presented at the International Environmental Modelling Society in Toulouse, 2016, where Thorsten co-hosted a session on model management.

Thorsten also is founding member of Grey Bruce Centre for Agroecology, where he managed projects related to local food impacts in Ontario and business planning. In 2015, Thorsten has been involved in the planning process of a Food Hub in Grey Bruce, which later became Eat Local Grey Bruce Co-operative(www.eatlocalgreybruce.ca). When participating farmers incorporated as not-for-profit cooperative, Thorsten was asked to manage the start-up process, first as a startup consultant and later as General Manager until February 2017.

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Education: PhD

Years of experience: 5 to 10 years

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