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Announcing our Strategic Plan!
We are thrilled to announce our Strategic Plan 2024-2029. The CSFS is uniquely positioned to develop solutions to the problems facing our food system. Grounded by our connection to the land at the UBC Farm, our aim is to have an impact in four key areas: food security, climate, biodiversity, and decolonization. Strategic Plan 2024-2029.
Global Climate Strike
Global Climate Strike Friday, September 15, 2023 from 1 to 3 p.m. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems is committed to addressing the accelerating climate change crisis. Along with many of our UBC colleagues and students, we know that climate change is the single-most important challenge for this and coming generations. […]
Long Table Dinner – Sign Up to Wait List
UBC Farm Long Table Dinner An enchanted evening in the poplar grove For one night only, join Executive Chef David Speight and his exceptional UBC Food Services team at this magical farm to table dinner — right here at the UBC Farm. Stay tuned for 2024 dates! About the Long Table Dinner After a three-year […]
Biodiversity Days: Pollinator Walk at UBC Farm
Pollinator Walk at UBC Farm A Biodiversity Days event for learning about local native pollinators This May, in honour of UN International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22), the UBC Farm is hosting a series of events to celebrate biodiversity and its importance for our communities, health and planet. Interested in more Biodiversity Days 2023 […]
Biodiversity Days: Goth Butterflies – Shedding Moonlight on Nocturnal Insects at the UBC Farm
Goth Butterflies: Shedding Moonlight on Nocturnal Insects at the UBC Farm A Biodiversity Days event for learning about local nocturnal insects This May, in honour of UN International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22), the UBC Farm is hosting a series of events to celebrate biodiversity and its importance for our communities, health and planet. […]
Earth Day Pop-Up Market
Earth Day Pop-up Market at the UBC Bookstore April 22 from 11:00AM – 2:00PM, UBC Farm Pop-Up Market Alert! Grab your certified organic fresh fruits and vegetables from the farm they were grown on, right here at UBC. Market Details: Payment – The UBC Farm accepts Cash, Interac, Visa and Mastercard. Incentive programs for our […]
English Dispatch 2
The English Dispatch of The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm Alex Pomeroy first came to the UBC Farm as a practicum student in 2019, joining the field team in January 2020 as a field coordinator managing alliums, potatoes, cucurbits and legumes and spent one year with the chickens. He recently left the […]
Walking a New Path
Join the CSFS at UBC Farm as we vision our future – for the next five years and beyond. Our new strategic plan is being developed through an engagement process we’re calling “Walking a New Path” to vision our future. We have different avenues for our community to provide input. Members of the public are […]