Sam Anderson

Urban Agriculture Specialist

55 Hanson Place, Suite 350
Brooklyn, NY 11217

cell 781-366-5939
email Sam

Areas of Interest
Urban Agriculture, IPM, Soil Management

Sam Anderson is an Urban Agriculture Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team. He works with urban farmers throughout New York City, providing technical assistance and resources with an emphasis on soil management and integrated pest management for market-scale vegetable growers. Sam worked with beginning farmers for eight years before joining Cornell Cooperative Extension, managing the Growing Farmers Initiative at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and working with small-scale livestock producers and immigrant and refugee farmers at New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. Sam holds a Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College.

Resilient Gardens Symposium

August 10, 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
New York, NY

We will be hosting a one-day Resilient Gardens Symposium in New York City focused on culturally relevant gardening skills adapted to climate change for the unique resource needs of urban gardeners. The day's focus will be on addressing barriers for beginning gardeners most affected by post-pandemic food insecurity, hearing from leaders on innovative ways to overcome these issues in cities and connecting resources between Cornell Cooperative Extension and leading community gardens. And, there will be garden tours to Harlem Community Gardens!

Field Guide: Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables

Arthropod Pests of NYC Vegetables aims to help urban farmers and gardeners find, identify, and understand the most common and important insects and other arthropod pests found in New York City farms and gardens. Some of these pests are rarely mentioned in other guides but are common in NYC. The guide emphasizes scouting tips, including how to identify pests by the damage they leave behind, even when you can't find the insect itself.

This guide was created as a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.