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Sara Kate Smith
Senior Consultant
Sara is a public affairs strategist, helping organizations in the food, beverage, and agriculture sectors understand the policy landscape affecting their business and engage with the people who shape it.
Raised on a family farm and forestry operation, she brings firsthand experience in food and fibre systems to her advisory work alongside a decade of engagement with Canadian and global agri-food policy platforms. At Clear Strategy, Sara works across several key policy files including packaging, food waste, and food system resiliency. She's designed stakeholder engagement and executive thought leadership strategies, led the development of a global regenerative agriculture policy guidebook, and worked across both market and global teams within large multinationals to align strategy across geographies and business units.
Sara has spoken at prominent food policy platforms including the UN Innovation Symposium for Family Farmers, the North American Agricultural Advisory Network, and the UN Committee on World Food Security. She was an inaugural member of the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council, chairing the Agri-Careers Working Group, and was a member of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Skills Development Sector Engagement Table. Sara completed a two-year appointment to the UN World Food Forum Youth Policy Board, representing North America, and continues to engage with the Board in an advisory capacity. She is also a member of the CSA Group Technical Committee on Regenerative Agriculture, contributing to the development of national standards in one of the most rapidly evolving areas of sustainable food production.
Sara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia and a Graduate Certificate in Government Relations Management from Seneca College.