Urban Agriculture Listening Sessions
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is requesting written stakeholder input on the Urban, Indoor and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative. The purpose of this Notice is to assist NIFA in developing the fiscal year 2020 Request for Applications for the Urban, Indoor and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative.
The Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research (WCMER), in conjunction with our partners, will send a coordinated response to NIFA’s request, incorporating input from WCMER member institutions and their local stakeholders, to support NIFA’s goal for developing FY 2020 RFA for the program.
To gather broad sector input for the response, WCMER collected input through:
- an on-line survey and
- hosting four on-line listening sessions
How we will use this information:
Input from the listening sessions and survey responses has been aggregated and summarized by WCMER for the purpose of providing comments to NIFA; no personally identifying information was included.
Background information: NIFA invests in Urban Agriculture research and education through its Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Agriculture Production Systems, Specialty Crop Research Initiative, AFRI Small and Medium Sized Farms, Community Food Projects, and the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. Information on these programs and how they help address urban, indoor and emerging agricultural production priorities can be found in NIFA’s website through the following address: https://nifa.usda.gov/program/uie-ag.
WCMER developed an overview of projects funded through these NIFA programs and is available for download here
Listening Sessions: WCMER member institution Michigan State University’s National Charrette Institute designed and provided facilitation for the on-line listening sessions. The 4 listening sessions were conducted May 28-29, 2020.
UPDATES
CLICK to view the results and summary from the survey and listening sessions
Contact
Brad Gaolach Ph. D.
Director | Western Center for Metropolitan Extension & Research
Phone: (425) 405-1734
In Partnership With:
Thank You!
- Lead Facilitators
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Holly Madill Michigan State University National Charrette Institute Marie Ruemenapp Michigan State University Extension & National Charrette Institute Lindsey Gardener Michigan State University Extension
- Breakout Room Facilitators & Note Takers
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Abby Harper Michigan State University Extension Andy Northrup Michigan State University Extension Bethany Prykucki Michigan State University Extension Brad Gaolach Washington State University Brian Wibby Michigan State University Extension Brooke Alford Purdue University Ed Scott Michigan State University Extension Emily Proctor Michigan State University Extension Eric Killian University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Garrett Ziegler Michigan State University Extension Harmony Gmazel Michigan State University Extension Jae Gerhart Michigan State University Extension Janelle Stewart Michigan State University Extension Jeff Young University of Kentucky Coop Extension Joshua Campbell Oklahoma State University Kaitlin Wojciak Michigan State University Extension Kimmi Devaney King County, WA, Farm Bureau Laura Dodds Purdue University Lindsey Lunsford Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension Martha Aitken Washington State University Mary Martin University of Wyoming Mary Reilly Michigan State University Extension Naim Edwards Michigan State University Extension Najma Muhammad Michigan State University (graduate student) Nicky Ulrich North Carolina Cooperative Extension Nicole Debose The Ohio State University Rebecca Rogers Michigan State University Extension Ritchie Harrison Michigan State University Extension Roxanne Turner Michigan State University Extension Shellye Suttles Indiana University & Marion County, IN, Farm Bureau Will Cronin Michigan State University Extension Zac Bonzheim Michigan State University (graduate student)