Growing Food Connections (GFC) is nurturing the next generation of food systems leaders, thinkers and scholars to tackle food systems through planning and policy. We support faculty and students to teach and learn about food systems planning.
Food Educators in North America and Europe 
To support collaborative networks among food system scholars and to advance food system education, GFC team maintains a director of food systems planning.
If you would like to nominate a scholar for this directory, please email growingfoodconnections@ap.buffalo.edu.
To build the capacity of the next generation of food systems scholars and faculty to address this need, Growing Food Connections supports doctoral education in food systems planning and policy.
Professional and Continuing Education
Only a small number of professional planning departments in the United States currently offer education and training in food systems. To further the field of food systems planning, Growing Food Connections assembled current food systems planning educational materials, such as syllabi, to deepen the curricular offerings on food systems.
Internship Programs for Graduate Students
Growing Food Connections facilitates internships in food systems planning by identifying suitable public and private organizations as host internship sites for students.