About the Event
The Agriculture Impact Summit is a one-day event focused on agribusiness and small-scale agriculture. This summit highlights how entrepreneurs, growers, and food-based businesses use innovative technology and sustainable practices to scale their operations. Through panels, workshops, and presentations, attendees gained practical insight into business development, market access, and emerging opportunities in modern agriculture. Attendees received complimentary professional headshots to support their career growth and brand visibility.
The Summit in Numbers
100+ Summit attendees
12 Workshops & panels
20+ Organizations Tabled
1 Day of connection & growth
Welcoming
Opening the Summit
The summit empowered young adults to navigate their next steps through targeted skill-building and direct connections to industry opportunities.
Soil Health
Soil Testing
We are proud to have offered on-site soil testing in partnership with Sara Perl Erlegendorf Mobile Soil Lab. This service helped gardeners, urban farmers, and community growers understand the health and composition of their soil, guiding better planting, fertilization, and crop production decisions. Accurate soil testing ensured stronger, healthier plants and more sustainable growing practices.
Attendees learned more and brought soil to test at the summit to optimize their garden or farm’s soil for maximum growth and productivity.
The more you know
Mycology for Beginners
Attendees joined Robert Peck from Hemp Milk & Honey / Liberated Land Cooperative, a Black and Brown farmer-led cooperative, to learn how to work with agar plates, master grain spawn inoculation, gain hands-on lab experience, and build a lab from the ground up.
Education
Potting Soil Mix Workshop
Buying potting soil is expensive. In this hands-on workshop, attendees learned how to make their own potting soil mix—a nourishing medium for growing healthy plants or starting seeds—using finished compost.
Thought Provoking
Creating Economic Opportunities for Growers and Farmers in New York
Qiana Mickie, Executive Director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture, led a fireside chat on expanding economic opportunities for growers and farmers. Attendees heard practical strategies for business growth, market access, and sustainable agriculture, and connected with leaders driving real change in local food systems.
SJ Peterson
Farm to School Coordinator from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Qiana Mickie
Executive Director of NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture
Gale Brewer
Councilmember of District 6
Agriculture Resource
FMNP Training
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets offered a hands-on workshop for farmers market managers, farmers, and participants on how to use and redeem FMNP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program). Attendees learned practical steps to accept, track, and maximize these benefits, helping increase access to fresh, local produce and supporting farmers and markets. The session ensured that both vendors and shoppers could fully use these programs to build a stronger, more equitable food system.
Soni Singh
Farmers' Market Team-Farmers' Market Nutrional Program of NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Delancey Nelson
Urban Farms and Community Gardens Program Manager of NYS Deprartment of Agriculture and Markets
inclusion
Care Farming Network
Care Farming Network is a member-based network pioneering a movement and growing a community of care farms across the United States.
Tracing Your own Roots
The Art of Storytelling
Attendees joined Jazmine (Jazz) Kerr to learn how to craft compelling stories that captured attention and drove real impact. Attendees developed clear narratives, deepened their connection with their audience, and applied proven techniques to tell stories that inspired action and built lasting relationships.
Kwesi Joseph
Urban Gardens Specialist
from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Olivia Fuller
Sr. Communications Manager of American Farmland Trust
Jazz Kerr
Founder of Digital Currents .Co
Youth In Ag
NextGen AgSector
- One-day experience for students interested in agriculture, food systems, sustainability, and entrepreneurship
- Explored innovation in agriculture: saw how growers, creators, and food-based businesses used technology and sustainable practices to build careers and scalable ventures
- Hands-on learning through panels, workshops, and practical presentations on career pathways, business development, and emerging opportunities
- Professional headshots & Resume Review were provided on-site to support internships, job applications, and personal branding
2026 Funders
2026 Partners & Collaborators
Your Company Can Help Feed Our Communities
he Agriculture Impact Summit puts your company in front of farmers, food entrepreneurs, community leaders, and industry professionals who are shaping the future of local food systems in New York City. This is not just a donation; it is a strategic opportunity. Your brand becomes part of a growing and visible movement within one of the most recognized communities in the country. From event signage and program materials to digital outreach and press coverage, your company is seen supporting sustainability, community, and opportunity. That visibility continues after the Summit, living on in the relationships built, the stories shared, and the impact your support helped create.
