
Science, Ecology, and Communications
Work Portfolio
Amy K. Kousch
Grant Project Management, Work Samples
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WFAN Conference Leadership
Please click below to see examples of virtual, international, bespoke conference management.
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Growing Community Resilience
As a WFAN team-member, during the beginning of COVID, I was part of the team that developed GCR as an emergency response mechanism to support our communities of urban and rural growers.
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Stories that Sell
Storytelling in regenerative agriculture shows up in many different spaces. Sometimes, we aim to educate our consumer base in order to grow our business. Other arenas compel us to follow artistic pursuits to inspire and motivate political action.
Stories that Sell provided farm members with tools to tell their farm story.
I served as the project director for this grant-funded program.
Conservation Science, Writing Samples
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Cultivating Refugia
A thought leadership essay exploring the collapse of the North Atlantic cod fishery, a refugia of the Anthropocene, and restoration agriculture.
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Soil Biology and Fungal Networks
Soil Biology and Fungal Networks is one of three soil health primers that I created for the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Soil Health program, as a consultant with ACRES, USA.
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Medicinal Plants in the Rocky Mountain West
The letter of intent for the following multi-state project, Medicinal Plants in the the Rocky Mountain West, was invited for full application for a $12M, USDA AFRI SAS funding opportunity. Here, I served as the project architect and lead writer.
Sustainable Agriculture, Writing Samples
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Follow Her Lead
In Follow Her Lead, I was fortunate to conduct in-depth interviews and publish an article exploring indigenous women as soil stewards — during my time as communications director with WFAN.
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Perennial Plants
Perennial Plants is one of three soil health primers that I created for the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Soil Health program, as a consultant with ACRES, USA.
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Prairie Ecology
In Prairie Ecology, I explored habitat, biome biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture as a writer with the Women, Food, and Agriculture Network.