GFP (Global Field Program) graduate Lindsey Smith '23 of Columbia, Missouri, published an article, "Community Gardens in City Parks," for the MOST Policy Initiative Inc., a non-profit that is bringing scientists and policymakers together to improve the livelihoods of people and communities in the Midwest. "Community gardens, defined as a piece of land cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively, can improve food security in rural and urban areas, improve health outcomes for all ages, and provide working green spaces within densely urbanized areas," she writes. "Many communities are establishing community gardens in public parks." Read more

As a student in Miami's biology department, Smith earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly's GFP while working as a part-time library associate at the Daniel Boone Regional Library System and a volunteer programs assistant for the City of Columbia, Missouri.