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Maja Krzic Named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science
Maja Krzic Named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science June, 2022 Congratulations to CSFS Associate Maja Krzic on being named Fellow of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS)! This award is presented to members of the CSSS with a distinguished record of accomplishment in soil science and service to the CSSS society.
Livestock is getting caught in the climate change crossfire: Sean Smukler
Livestock is getting caught in the climate change crossfire News Source: Corporate Knights May 9, 2022 CSFS Associate and chair of agriculture and environment in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Dr. Sean Smukler and NSERC industrial research chair in animal welfare Dr. Dan Weary were interviewed about about adapting animal agriculture to climate […]
Teaser: Growing a Farm
Growing a Farm: The 20-year Journey of the UBC Farm Teaser How a group of dedicated students started, and beat the odds to save, the UBC Farm. https://lfs400media.landfood.ubc.ca/UBCFarm/Episode1_Planting_The_Seeds.mp3 Show notes: To further your knowledge of Musqueam Territory upon which the UBC Farm is situated, check out Land Beneath Our Feet, a Musqueam guide brought to […]
Episode 1: Planting the Seeds
Growing a Farm: The 20-year Journey of the UBC Farm Episode 1: Planting the Seeds Twenty years ago, a group of dedicated students resurrected a derelict research site and turned it into a thriving educational farm. But there were other plans for that land, and growing food wasn’t one of them. https://lfs400media.landfood.ubc.ca/UBCFarm/Episode1_Planting_The_Seeds.mp3 Show notes: To […]
CANOVI Participants: Fill Out the Season Exit Survey
UBC CANOVI Season Exit Survey Survey open from November 15 to December 15, 2021 Data interpretability, usefulness, and trustworthiness In addition to carrying out participatory variety trials, we seek to understand how trial participants use trial data and how this is influenced by dynamics of trust. Specifically, we are investigating the relative usefulness and trustworthiness […]
CSFS at UBC Farm Closed for the Holidays
Closed over the holidays! The CSFS at UBC Farm will be closed over the holidays. Closing the afternoon of December 24 and reopening on January 4. See you in 2021!
UBC Farm Undergraduate Research Competition
UBC Farm Undergraduate Research Competition 2022 Submit Your Application
Long Term Agroecological Research Station Infrastructure Development
Long Term Agroecological Research Station Infrastructure Development In the first two years of our research cluster, we have laid crucial groundwork for developing the UBC Farm as a Long Term Agroecological Research Station; this strong foundation has enabled its use as a living laboratory for developing long-term experimental protocols to examine trade-offs and synergies in […]
Action research tackles the ‘wicked’ sustainability problem of agricultural intensification
Public Talk by Dr. Sieglinde Snapp Public Talk by Dr. Sieglinde Snapp “Action research tackles the ‘wicked’ sustainability problem of agricultural intensification.” October 17,2019. Hosted by the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability.
Lobby Gallery Exhibition: Nature & Nourishment
Lobby Gallery Exhibition: Nature & Nourishment Friday, May 24 to Friday, September 20, 2019 from 8:30AM-5:00PM At the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery the CSFS presented Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Food Security Nexus. This exhibit took you around the world through the eyes of food systems researchers to explore the agrobiodiversity-food security nexus. In […]