16: HoA "Growing a global community while staying humble" with Sharon Cittone

Today's guest has worked across Europe, America and has been instrumental in the growing of a global community of businesses, start ups, investors and governments to support a sustainable food system. Sharon Cittone has been listed by Forbes in 2018 as one of the "Powerful Women Shaping the Future of Food". She believes in the importance of collaboration and see's her role as being one of the connectors to create opportunities for others. One thing I love about Sharon is she is so incredibly humble, she's walked shoulder to shoulder with Former US President Barack Obama in Milan, Italy but when I asked her about some of her "wow" moments she actually mentioned the satisfaction that she gets through working with businesses and connecting the right people to get something done. As you'll find out: 1) She's surrounded herself with a group of amazing, young, thought provoking people and I was fortunate to spent about 6 months working alongside Sharon last year. 2) Sharon is very much a realist and she talks of the importance of getting the economics right in order to achieve the bigger picture. 3) We talk about some of the new innovations and the roles of innovators in the food system more broadly. 4) I know Sharon knows so much, so I thought I'd probe and see what her thoughts are with the improvements in online learning and what may be happening in the education space. 5) And we touch on tourism and the domestic travel prospects both in Italy and Australia. Her purpose is to improve the world we live in and she's going about achieving this through producing and promoting sustainable projects with her expertise. You can find Sharon on twitter:  @Sharibuu on LinkedIn at Sharon Cittone Follow us on instagram: @humansofagriculutre_ or get in touch with me directly: [email protected] Thanks for listening and enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message