Sustainable Agriculture Education and Civic Engagement: The Significance of Community-University Partnerships in the New Agricultural Paradigm

dc.contributor.authorNiewolny, Kim
dc.contributor.authorGrossman, Julie
dc.contributor.authorByker Shanks, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorHelms, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorClark, Susan
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Julie
dc.contributor.authorJacobson, Krista
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T22:45:48Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T22:45:48Z
dc.date.issued2012-05
dc.description.abstractUniversities and colleges across the United States are making innovative strides in higher education programming to catalyze a more sustainable era of agriculture. This is clearly exemplified through the formation of community-university partnerships as critical illustrations of civic engagement (CE) for sustainable agriculture (SA) education. This paper explores the praxis of CE for SA education by focusing on the ways in which five land-grant universities (LGUs) with undergraduate programs in SA have developed and put into practice community-university partnerships. Drawing upon these programs and supportive literature, this article specifically attempts to describe the role and significance of CE for SA education, emerging community-university partnership models and their implications for prompting food and agriculture sustainability, and student learning and program assessment outcomes. We also reveal the many challenges and opportunities encountered by stakeholders involved in the creation and continuation of these programs and their subsequent coursework. Conclusions offer "real world" recommendations for other faculty, staff, student, and community stakeholders to implement and generate action-oriented scholarship for and with communities as a viable thread of SA education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNiewolny, Kim, Julie Grossman, Carmen Byker, Jennifer Helms, Susan Clark, Julie Cotton, and Krista Jacobsen. “Sustainable Agriculture Education and Civic Engagement: The Significance of Community-University Partnerships in the New Agricultural Paradigm.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (June 25, 2012): 27–42. doi:10.5304/jafscd.2012.023.005.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2152-0798
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/9900
dc.titleSustainable Agriculture Education and Civic Engagement: The Significance of Community-University Partnerships in the New Agricultural Paradigmen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage27en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage42en_US
mus.citation.issue3en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Developmenten_US
mus.citation.volume2en_US
mus.contributor.orcidByker Shanks, Carmen|0000-0002-9030-9938en_US
mus.identifier.categoryHealth & Medical Sciencesen_US
mus.identifier.categorySocial Sciencesen_US
mus.identifier.doi10.5304/jafscd.2012.023.005en_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Education, Health & Human Developmenten_US
mus.relation.departmentHealth & Human Development.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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