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Ella Wischnewsky

Montreal,QC

Summary

Organized and dependable urbanist who can manage multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Holding four years of related agriculture experience, a results-driven approach and dedication to a team and organization mission. Seeking a new challenge to test analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Policy Strategist

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
04.2023 - Current
  • Manage federal policy advocacy program, including issue and target identification, strategy development, and grassroots mobilization
  • Collaborate on Farm Bill advocacy work National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
  • Build relationships and communicate with on-the-ground partners, farmers and food practitioners, to understand their priority issues and inform them of key action opportunities
  • Created content strategies for digital media on state and federal policy actions

GIS Analyst

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
04.2022 - Current
  • Envision 5-year landscape assessment project and plan MapJams (network community events) wherein farmers and food practitioner participants network, share their offers/needs for their local food systems, and identify key policy asks
  • Designed standardized protocols for data collection, creating database input guidelines
  • Built out backend MapJam database; researching developer tools, similar mapping initiatives, and meeting with other organizations to generate unified mapping framework
  • Operated as primary point of contact for network members, updating them about initiatives in their local food system and other organizational needs

Farmer's Market Manager

Ferme De L'Ile
07.2023 - 08.2023
  • Managed sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Monitored daily cash discrepancies, inventory shrinkage and drive-off.
  • Trained new employees on proper protocols and customer service standards.

GIS Analyst

Freelance
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Created a site for a Montreal community organization working in education programming
  • Mapped existing urban agriculture programs and potential partnership sites for funders
  • Cross-analyzed heat island data, population demographics, and urban agriculture resources

Farmhand

Coop Cultivaction
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Developed bylaws to govern the co-op
  • Met with co-op members and consulted external co-ops to identify key conflict areas and shaped bylaws to address them
  • Prepared for weekly markets and took on maintenance tasks
  • Cared for produce from seed to harvest

Food Safety Lead

Interius Farms
05.2021 - 06.2022
  • Responsible for food safety compliance to meet Canada GAP and SQF regulations
  • Integrated existing data structure with RFID tags throughout the facility for routine data maintenance
  • Organized monthly check-ins with staff to review data and identify deviations and corresponding corrective actions
  • Developed Interius' food safety framework
  • Communicated with internal and external stakeholders in planning.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Geography: Urban Systems

McGill University

Skills

  • English(native)
  • Spanish(B2)
  • French(A2)
  • Microsoft Office
  • Canva
  • Java
  • R
  • Excel
  • ArcGIS
  • QGIS
  • MailChimp
  • Facebook Analytics

Volunteer Experience

INTERN Feb 2022-September 2022 

United Farm Workers Central California

Mapped the agricultural chemical permit holders in Central California to privately-held agricultural compounds. Used county databases and open source data. Researched players at various agricultural companies in the Salinas Valley to plan for bargaining agreements.


PRESIDENT, VP INTERNAL Oct 2019-May 2022

Students for Santropol Roulant Montreal

Coordinated communication between the Roulant and students; created the newsletter and organized fundraisers. Cooked and delivered meals as an individual volunteer weekly.

References

  • Erik Chevrier, Coop Founder, Coop Cultivaction, professor@erikchevrier.ca, +1-514-998-5889
  • Mary Mecartney, National Representative, United Farm Workers, mmecartney@farmworkerlaw.com, +1-831-970-1674

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

Farmer's Market Manager

Ferme De L'Ile
07.2023 - 08.2023

Policy Strategist

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
04.2023 - Current

GIS Analyst

Freelance
09.2022 - 12.2022

Farmhand

Coop Cultivaction
06.2022 - 08.2022

GIS Analyst

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
04.2022 - Current

Food Safety Lead

Interius Farms
05.2021 - 06.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Geography: Urban Systems

McGill University

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