Reversing food-land relationships in the city: Insights from the Seeding East Buffalo Fellowship Program

Carol Ramos-Gerena; Allison DeHonney; Shireen Guru; Rachel Grandits; Insha Akram; Samina Raja

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2024.133.018

Reversing food-land relationships in the city

Insights from the Seeding East Buffalo Fellowship Program

Authors

Carol E. Ramos-Gerena University at Buffalo, State University of New York https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-3629
Allison DeHonney Urban Fruits & Veggies
Shireen Guru University of Michigan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1527-7937
Rachel Grandits University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Insha Akram University at Buffalo, State University of New York https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6448-5713
Samina Raja University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo

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https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.133.018

Keywords:

urban agriculture, Black growers, adult education, Buffalo, experiential education and training

Abstract

First paragraph:

The Seeding East Buffalo Fellowship (SEBF) program, co-founded by community and academic organizations from Buffalo, NY in 2022, supported residents in Buffalo’s Black neighborhoods to grow their own food, emerge as urban agriculture (UA) leaders, and engage in and advocate for UA policy. This article reflects on the lessons learned from this pilot program. The authors, all of whom are either co-founders or team members of the SEBF program, drew from field notes and qualitative interviews with SEBF growers in this article. Key lessons for policy change are that programs must be rooted in the community’s history, pedagogical strategies must be tailored to the local context, and long-term relationships must be fostered. . . .

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Author Biographies

Carol E. Ramos-Gerena, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

PhD Candidate, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab

Allison DeHonney, Urban Fruits & Veggies

Executive Director

Shireen Guru, University of Michigan

PhD Student

Rachel Grandits, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Graduate Student, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab

Insha Akram, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Graduate Student, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab

Samina Raja, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo

Principal Investigator, Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab

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Published

2024-04-24

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Ramos-Gerena, C., DeHonney, A., Guru, S., Grandits, R., Akram, I., & Raja, S. (2024). Reversing food-land relationships in the city: Insights from the Seeding East Buffalo Fellowship Program. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 13(3), 113–116. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.133.018

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2024): Commentaries from the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023 and Open Call Papers

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Voices from the Grassroots

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