UM System Extension & Engagement Week 2022

Combating Missouri’s Urban Food Deserts

In this session, the panelists will explore the current state of resource availability and historical events that led to our current issues. We’ll end our discussion on how you can join the creative ways our communities are addressing the problem.

upcoming: October 10, 2022: 2 - 3pm

Event

UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas. In this session, the panelists will explore the current state of resource availability and historical events that led to our current issues. We’ll end our discussion on how you can join the creative ways our communities are addressing the problem.

Speakers: (panelists not announced yet)

Moderator: Steve Kraske, Host of Up to Date In Kansas City, on NPR / KCUR-FM

Session lead: Nate Addington Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, UMKC and Patrica Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, UMSL