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UniverCities Exchange: Urban Agriculture- Growing More Than Community Gardens

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.

upcoming: February 07, 2023: 3:00-4:00 PM
Event
UniverCities Exchange: Urban Agriculture- Growing More Than Community Gardens

Join us for the sixth installment of UniverCities Exchange as our panel of experts explores ways that various forms of urban agriculture can increase food production and distribution to reduce food insecurity and shrink cities' food deserts. We'll discuss initiatives underway in Kansas City and St. Louis and opportunities to get involved.

This event is moderated by Steve Kraske, host of "Up to Date" for KCUR/NPR, and our panelists include:

  • Brien Darby, Executive Director of Cultivate KC
  • Dr. Juan Cabrera-Garcia, Assistant Research Professor for the Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy at UMKC and Vegetable State Extension Specialist for the University of Missouri
  • James Forbes, Co-Founder, and CEO at Good Life Growing

The event is free and online, but registration through the 2022 UM System Extension and Engagement Week portal is required. Please scroll to the February 2023 events to find your registration link. 

Impact

UniverCities Exchange was launched in the fall of 2020 in collaboration with the UM System Extension and Engagement Week and has currently completed five installments. In 2021, The Council for Advancement and Support of Education named the program its Best Online Event Series of Region IV. We hope that convening these conversations provides a point of connection for future collaboration across the State of Missouri.
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Contacts

Nathaniel Addington, UMKC Director of Community Engagement and Outreach
  naddington@umkc.edu
  (816) 235-5644
  zahnp@umsl.edu
  (314) 516-5267

Location

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