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.
List Grid
UC Santa Cruz student David Robles has worked at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and is a UC Global Food Initiative student fellow.
Learning from the ground up
From well-established farms to a crop of new gardens, courses and programs, UC offers experiential learning opportunities to students at all levels.
Californians encouraged to check citrus trees for Asian citrus psyllid
The pests can spread huanglongbing disease, a serious threat to the citrus industry and backyard citrus trees.
Students taking a new course on food justice at UCLA learn about the topic from the ground up. The course is part of a new food studies minor, one of a growing number of interdisciplinary programs that have become popular to take.
Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects
The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.