Promoting Accessibility and Creating Community for Student Volunteers in Sustainable Community Farms

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Project Basics

Project Sponsor: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Awarded: $5,000

Grant Awarded: Fall 2025

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

This project aims to create more accessible pathways for students to engage with the practice and principles of Agroecology outside the classroom, without barriers-to-entry (be it financial, social, or physical). It hopes to foster a critical community, which challenges the predominant industrial framework of agriculture, and reimagines student relationships to land and local communities.

In order to realize these goals, it intends to create a digital Agroecological Action Resource Center (AARC) along with an Agroecology Action Group - Agroecology Action Group (AAG) - to connect students with direct, actionable opportunities offered by local collaborators - ensuring that the innate vitality of Agroecological Education, in its various forms, persists beyond the scope of the University.

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Topics

Theme: Agriculture & Food Justice topic page, Department Sponsor topic page, Mini Projects (<$5K) topic page, Fall Mini-Grants topic page, Completed Projects topic page

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