Blueberries and green beans in paper trays on a yellow checked tablecloth

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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This year's class of UC Global Food Initiative student fellows includes returning fellows (left) Hannah Malan of UCLA and Holly Mayton of UC Riverside, who participated last spring in a GFI fellows' field trip to Full Belly Farm in the Capay Valley.
Student fellows help shape future of food
This year's class of 55 UC Global Food Initiative student fellows includes 14 returnees.
An invasive female oyster drill and her eggs attach to a native Olympia oyster in Tomales Bay.
Climate change may benefit native oysters, but there's a catch
Oysters can tolerate extremes better than predatory snails can -- if the snails don't get them first.
The winning team in the UC World Food Day Video Challenge: (From left) Umayr Sufi, Irwin Donis-Gonzalez and Carlos Orozco-Gonzalez.
Rising to the challenge: World Food Day video prizes awarded
Top prizes in UC-wide competition go to UC Davis students.