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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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Matthew Raiford, a 2011 graduate of the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, will be honored at this year's Farm to Fork benefit dinner, a tradition he founded five years ago.
Fifth annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner opens new Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
The dinner is the inaugural public event inside the newly completed barn that is becoming the headquarters of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
Glenda Humiston (right) at a reception with UC staff her first day with UC ANR.
UC ANR's new vice president shares vision
Glenda Humiston said she will look for ways to expand economic opportunities for farming industries and increase the number of advisors and specialists in UC Cooperative Extension.
Andrew John De Los Santos won the first Chancellor's Advisory Committee's Sustainability Proposal Writing Contest.
Sustainability ideas lead to award-winning proposal
UC Merced student Andrew John De Los Santos' entry, “Continual Growth Toward Sustainability Education,” is a three-phase program aimed at increasing awareness of sustainability among undergraduates.