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The National Urban Research & Extension Center (NUREC) invites you to attend the Soils in the City webinar presented by Dr Doug Collins on April 17 at 9 AM PDT (12 ET). Attendance is free, but you must register to attend. Registration is available here.
Food systems inequity in the United States: How land use and development policy drive food insecurity in urban areas
March 21, 2024 - 12-1:15 p.m. - Webinar
In 2024, The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) hosts the Urban Food Systems Symposium in Columbus, Ohio. The event includes keynotes, a grower panel, 40 presentations, a reception with approximately 50 posters, a choice of six off-site educational tours, and dinner at The Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory, a unique 261-acre university facility for teaching, research, and community engagement.
Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff, students and community partners for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact. Applications for the 2024 awards are due on February 28.
Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have many benefits for communities and cities, including providing fresh produce in neighborhoods with few other options. Among those benefits, growing food in backyards, community gardens or urban farms can shrink the distance fruits and vegetables have to travel between producers and consumers – what’s known as the “food mile” problem.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC) will hold a virtual meeting on March 4-5, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET each day. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is organizing the meeting, which is open to the public.
The Engagement Scholarship Consortium seeks proposals for its annual conference to be held October 9-10, 2024, in Portland, Oregon.
The 2024 conference theme will be “Pathways to Prosperity: Building Sustainable Futures through Community Engagement.”
To best support partners across Ohio, The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences experts have been monitoring Farm Bill proceedings and issues surrounding it. The event is on February 23, 2024 with the program from 1-3:30 p.m. followed by a reception (3:30-5 p.m.) at the Fawcett Center in Columbus.
First-of-its-kind event to support integrated research, Extension, and education efforts on urban agriculture
The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) invites you to join the SENR Graduate Seminar on February 15, 2024 at 4:10 p.m. via Zoom to hear Jim Embry, Director, Sustainable Communities Network, Lexington, KY.
