Getting Stuff Done: Building an Equitable & Resilient Urban Agriculture for NYC

Recorded on April 1, 2023, as part of the 39th Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center.
There exists a significant history of urban agriculture, land stewardship, and community power in NYC, yet the city has never had a comprehensive urban
agriculture plan. The creation of the Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture and its mandate to develop one offers the administration-and community-the chance to figure out what it would take to build a bold, resilient, and equitable plan. Join NYC Urban Agriculture Director Qiana Mickie, NYC Parks GreenThumb Director Carlos Martinez, and other urban agricultural government leadership to hear our efforts to identify and address gaps, opportunities, and solutions in our urban agriculture landscape and share how community can help inform and shape the city’s first urban agriculture plan.
Moderator: Qiana Mickie, Director (Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture)
Panelists:
• Carlos Martinez, Director (NYC Parks GreenThumb)
• Blake Glover, State Conservationist, (United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS))
• Caitlyn McFadden, Urban Agriculutral Education FFA
Specialist (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University)