Invited Speakers
Research Agronomist, Laura Sayre, talks food with ULTRA and FIU Agroecology students
In February 2012, Laura Sayre, researcher for the French National Institute for Agronomic Research, met with ULTRA and FIU's Agroecology and Global & Sociocultural Studies departments to discuss the role of campus farms and gardens and urban agriculture projects.
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FIU Garden Club students give Laura the tour.
Laura presenting recent work on dairy farming and traceability in the UK and France.
The ULTRA team took Laura to see some of the recent agriculture projects around town. Here Laura Sayre, Gail Hollander, and other engaged community members are chatting it up at the Little Haiti Community Garden. (Thanks to Gary Feinberg for the guided tour.)
The Little Haiti garden takes full advantage of Miami's tropical climate, growing bananas, papayas, pidgeon peas, and other crops that flourish in the heat and humidity.
David Law, a farming apprentice at The Farm at Verde Gardens, talks about his how he has helped develop the massive 22 acre permaculture project in Homestead.
