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Recipient Jonah Langelotz is entering the 4th year of his International Development Studies (IDS) degree and completed his practicum this summer by working at a small-scale organic farm in southern Manitoba. He says he\u2019s \u201cvery interested in exploring the hands-on aspects of farming\u201d and how the topics of agriculture and the environment connect with international development.<\/p>\n
Kenton Lobe, a member of the selection committee and an instructor of International Development at CMU, says that Langelotz wrestles with the broad questions of food justice, and at the same time, reflects on the application of those questions in the local context.<\/p>\n
\u201cJonah reflects a kind of student who is wrestling with the \u2018out there-ness\u2019 of IDS,\u201d says Lobe. \u201cIt\u2019s not simply \u2018out there\u2019 that we ask questions of justice but also in our own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lobe says Langelotz\u2019s practicum choice was one way for him to reflect on the question of \u201chow agriculture and food systems connect into questions of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Langelotz is interested in learning more about the impacts of agricultural policy for small-scale farmers, a topic which he explored in his scholarship application essay. In Seeking Justice on the Land and in Local Markets<\/em>, Langelotz asks questions about the food system, agricultural policies and structures, and connects his interest in these areas to his faith, which he says includes caring for creation.<\/p>\n About CMU
\n<\/strong>A Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, CMU\u2019s Shaftesbury campus offers undergraduate degrees in arts, business, humanities, music, sciences and social sciences, and graduate degrees in Theology and Ministry. CMU has over 1,600 students, including those enrolled in degree programs at the Shaftesbury Campus and in its Menno Simons College and Outtatown programs. <\/em><\/p>\n