John Ameroso On Urban Agriculture
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The annual Northeast Organic Farming Association took over the Saratoga Civic Center last weekend, attracting food activists from around the region. Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Steve Pierce sat down with a pioneer of the community gardens and urban agriculture movement for a quick history lesson. John Ameroso worked as Cornell University Cooperative Extension Urban Agricultural Extension agent from 1976-2010, working on community gardens programs and then later urban agriculture.