Posts Tagged: sustainable

UC student farms seed innovation

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when organic was a foreign word to most Americans, students at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz were part of a wave of environmental activism that sought alternatives to agricultural methods that distanced people from farms and...

Sustainable agriculture and food systems: An innovative new major at UC Davis

Two terms related to food production — “sustainability” and “food systems” — have been blended into a new major at the University of California, Davis. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, the new undergraduate major, in some ways embodies a...

A community garden takes root

Growing your own food. Raising awareness of food and environmental injustice. And creating a green community. These are the goals of the UC Riverside community garden initiative called Cultivate R-Space. At the community garden – a student-run “living...

Feeding the world: Top 100 questions for agriculture

When looking for good answers to big problems, you better make sure you’re asking the right questions – especially when you want to put food on the global table for 9 billion people. That’s exactly what a team of 55 agricultural and food experts from...

Campuses expanding sustainable foodservice

The University of California’s campus-run dining halls and restaurants are offering a healthier and more environmentally friendly menu to diners. For years, many campuses have offered organic food choices or engaged in practices such as using locally...

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