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Global Food Initiative

UC is working to address one of the critical issues of our time: How to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025.

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Sustainable Agriculture Education Association
Sustainable Agriculture Education Association conference overview
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, with support from the UC Global Food Initiative, hosted the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association national conference, highlighting hands-on educational efforts that bridge scientific and social issues.
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Got a big idea? Save the world and win prizes
This year’s Big Ideas student innovation contest features nine categories, including the newly extended Energy & Resource Alternatives category, sponsored by the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative.
Alice Waters, Vicki Lynn Ruiz, Fedwa Malti-Douglas
UC luminaries to receive National Humanities Medal
Food activist and scholars are among 10 honored for their work elevating the human experience.
Mark Lipson
Q&A: Mark Lipson on organics
For more than three decades, Lipson has been intimately involved with the organic movement; he has recently returned to his roots at UC Santa Cruz, serving as a research associate with UCSC’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.