UB faculty member Samina Raja has spent the better part of the past decade conducting research in the field of food security and heading the only research laboratory in the United States dedicated to food systems planning.

Now, Raja, associate professor of urban and regional planning in the UB School of Architecture and Planning, has received a $3.96 million grant from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend research she has conducted in Buffalo and Western New York to communities across the US. Growing Food Connections is a major research and training initiative that seeks to strengthen local and regional food systems by building the capacity of local governments to reconnect farmers with underserved consumers.

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