Katya Bloomberg

Co-founder of a lab and zine funded by NYU's Office of Sustainability to promote interdisciplinary explorations into the frontiers of microbiology and mycology.

Research and development of durable edible plastic packaging and exploration of the fine powdery line between food and plastic.

President of the university mycology club, organizing events and workshops for hundreds of students, faculty, and staff involved in mycology.

Cemeteries collectively make up the largest urban green spaces, yet are often located in low-income outer areas, where residents live in "food swamps" with little access to fresh produce. There is a solution steeped in tradition that honors the dead while feeding the living.