Project SEMBRAR: Growing and Diversifying the Next Generation of Urban Agricultural STEM Leaders
Project Description
LaGuardia was just awarded a $250,000 grant called Project SEMBRAR from the United States Department of Agriculture. This grant will sustain and grow the next generation of Urban STEM agricultural leaders. Project SEMBRAR also engaged students to participate in a 3 week paid internship with community partners and is tied to the Sustainable Urban Agriculture track of the Environmental Science Program. The curriculum includes courses in soil science, botany, biology, as well as electives in food and culture. The final sequence in this track is Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Vegetable Production, where students receive practical, hands-on training and experience in techniques including propagation, irrigation, and pest control, and conduct a field practicum in urban farming.
Paid Summer Internships
Paid Summer Internships for Project SEMBRAR ($1200)
Community partners include: Oko farms (aquaponics farm), City Growers (urban farming), Newtown Creek Alliance (water quality testing and citizen science), Kingsland Wildflowers (pollinator ecology) and the USDA NIFA (career panels).
Interested? Register here!