Urban Agriculture and the Future of Food (Online Lecture)

Antonio Brazelton, Senior Coordinator of Research Partnerships, Jackie Joyner Kersee Food Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center, and Lola Bloom, Urban Agriculture Education Specialist, United States Botanic Garden
Join Antonio and Lola as they explore how research, plant breeding and community partnerships are creating more resilient food systems and reimagining agriculture in urban spaces. Along the way, discover how hardy collard greens can be an unexpected guide to understanding the future of food, from scientific innovation to community impact.

Antonio Brazelton

Senior Coordinator of Research Partnerships

Jackie Joyner Kersee Food Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center

Vincent (Antonio) Brazelton Jr. is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Plant and Microbial Biosciences at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is a William H. Danforth Plant Science Fellow and George Washington Carver Fellow. His dissertation work, Root ideotyp...(read more)

Lola Bloom

Urban Agriculture Education Specialist

U.S. Botanic Garden

Lola Bloom is the U.S. Botanic Garden’s Urban Agriculture Education Specialist. She promotes the development of urban agriculture through hands-on programming and partnerships locally and nationwide.