Che Axum on Clubhouse

Bio

Mchezaji “Che” Axum is the Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). He leads a team of researchers at UDC’s Firebird Research Farm, located in Beltsville, Maryland, and oversees UDC’s Master Gardening, sustainable urban agriculture, and specialty and ethnic crops programs. Mr. Axum worked for the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Plant Sciences Institute, for 20 years, taught middle school science, and is a successful farmer and sustainable farming consultant. He is a graduate of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland. Also, he is a certified nutrient management consultant for the state of Maryland. Mr. Axum is a member of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America.

Mchezaji “Che” Axum is also the founder of Earth and Food Systems International a agricultural consulting company. @ earthandfood.org