The Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Climate Change & Sustainable Agriculture Collection (Dr. J CCSA Collection) is in the Agricultural Library at the University of Connecticut Algoresville. A relatively new collection, resources here date back to the 1980s when the effects of climate change became difficult to deny for many. Most of the resources were published in the last 20 years as sustainable agriculture became a necessary weapon to combat global warming. Established in 2019 prior to the start of her podcast on fighting climate change, How to Save a Planet, the collection is modest in size but growing. With 100 volumes in addition to periodicals and legal documents on climate change, sustainable gardening, and sustainable agriculture. These are valuable resources for the rural community of Algoresville, Connecticut. The Dr. J CCSA Collection also contains videos and podcasts recordings in digital formats related to climate change. The humble collection stacks are accompanied by the AOC Study Center, a combination reading and listening room which is boasts comfy, sustainable furniture and rotating exhibitions on climate change politics. The collection is funded publicly through monetary and in-kind donations and staff positions are supported by the greater university libraries. Collection librarians report to the Dean of Libraries at UCONN Algoresville.

The Dr. J CCSA Collection mainly supports current undergraduate and graduate students and faculty of the Agriculture and Landscape Architecture departments at UCONN Algoresville. Most of the undergraduate community is white (65%) and native English speakers (80%). The remaining undergraduate student body is 15% Black, 4% Indigenous, and 16% Hispanic. The graduate community boasts a diverse range of white, BIPOC, and international students. Roughly 3% of faculty and students have low vision or are blind. The collection includes materials for all using. Aside from collecting in English, resources are available in Spanish, Indigenous languages, and Braille whenever possible.

The collection is also open to the public; however, the resources are reference only for those not currently enrolled in or teaching at the college. The community comes to the collection seeking information on the history of sustainable agriculture and climate change politics as well to find out about the latest new and experimental techniques being used in sustainable gardening and farming. As the term “agriculture” expands to mean more than just farming, students from related science fields such as botany, biology, and engineering are also finding resources to help their research here. Adult residents of the local community also find the collection valuable since many of them are farmers or gardeners running small, family farms and businesses reliant on locally produced products.