Urban Agriculture in Upstate NY:
Addressing Educational Inequality
and Community Engagement
Urban residents in upstate New York experience various social injustices, including unequal educational opportunities. At the same time, urban agriculture can play an important role in formal and non-formal education. In this online panel, we will discuss and create new approaches to enhance educational opportunities for city residents through urban agriculture education in schools and communities.
Panelists will address how urban agriculture education can:
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Engage communities and youth,
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Promote social capital and other key benefits,
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Combat existing inequalities in communities,
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Advance culturally relevant curricula.
Maggie Gaus
Ithaca, NY
Panel Moderator
Cornell University
Scott Kellogg
Albany, NY
Education Director
Radix Ecological Sustainability Center
Lori Koenick
Rochester, NY
4-H Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Jeanette Koncikowski
Buffalo / Niagara Falls, NY
Executive Director, Grassroots Gardens WNY
Jessi Lyons
Syracuse, NY
Brady Farm Coordinator, and Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance Board Member
Acknowledgements
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This panel is funded by Engaged Cornell's Serve in Place program.
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Thank you to Mark Penhollow, Patty Love, Rae Gomes, Iyeshima Harris, Sophia McRae, Allison Hyman, Edgar Santa Cruz, and Brandy Colebrook for valuable recommendations and resources.
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Special thanks to Alex Kudryavtsev, Research Associate, Cornell University for advising and consulting on this project.