Rose Hayden-Smith develops programs for youth and adult extenders in food systems/agricultural literacy, garden-based learning, and youth and community gardening. She is also a practicing U.S. historian and a nationally recognized expert in the history of youth/school gardening; Victory Gardens; extension education; federal policy relating to agriculture education; and the American homefront in wartime. A Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow, Hayden-Smith pursues national advocacy work focusing on encouraging a national effort to promote school, home, and community garden and urban agriculture efforts; and public policy relating to food systems, gardening, education, and urban agriculture.