The Land Access for Community Gardening and Urban Agriculture in Syracuse interactive map shows the location Syracuse Grows member gardens and accompanying land access information. Urban agriculture provides access to food for [ … ]
In Spring 2026, Syracuse Community Geography (SCG) partnered with Syracuse Grows to host a community workshop and presentation on urban soil health for community gardeners and urban growers. The goal of the workshop was to educate gardeners about soil contaminants in garden spaces and safe gardening practices. SCG interns collected 25 soil samples from 9 different community gardens to test at the [ … ]
Research is needed to develop sustainable relationships between farmers willing to grow and sell produce, the Syracuse City School District (SCSD), processors, aggregators, and other actors in the greater Farm to School landscape. [ … ]
During the winter of 2014, the Syracuse Community Geography Program partnered with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) to create a series of maps that visualize the spatial distribution and [ … ]
As a designated refugee resettlement city, the City of Syracuse has welcomed thousands of people from around the world fleeing political persecution, natural disaster and war. Refugees from countries including Bhutan, Burma, and [ … ]
A result of the Syracuse Hunger Project’s ongoing work, Syracuse Grows is an organization which aims to lower food access problems by creating and maintaining community gardens. Community gardens provide gardeners with access [ … ]