The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability
The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability Thursday, November 21, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Join author Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern in a talk about her new book about the new influx of immigrant farmers in the United States. Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify […]
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 […]
Eating Tomorrow: The Battle for the Future of Food
Eating Tomorrow: The Battle for the Future of Food Thursday, October 24, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Join author Timothy A. Wise in a conversation with Dr. Jennifer Clapp and Sophia Murphy about concentrated economic power in the world’s food systems. In his book, Eating Tomorrow, Wise makes a convincing case that increasing the industrial […]
The Rise of Mega-companies in the Global Food System: Implications for Justice and Sustainability
The Rise of Mega-companies in the Global Food System: Implications for Justice and Sustainability Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 12:30PM-2:00PM A shrinking number of ever larger “mega-companies” command enormous influence over the global food system. The Liu Institute for Global Issues is hosting a talk with Jennifer Clapp discussing this issue. In this talk, Jennifer […]
Understanding Soil Organic Matter’s Relationship with Agricultural Productivity
Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Research Seminar: Soil Organic Matter Formation and Function: Understanding Soil Organic Matter’s Relationship with Agricultural Productivity Dr. Emily Oldfield Research Science Advisor Forestry and Environmental Studies Yale University Click here to fill out the Feedback Form for Dr. Emily […]
Food Roundtable: Knowledge from Agroecological Experience
Food Roundtable: Knowledge from Agroecological Experience As Agroecology – in its multiple dimensions – has received considerable attention in the last five years on global and regional levels, multiple requests have been made on the part of governments for a better evidence base on the performance of Agroecology vis a vis other “sustainable agriculture” systems. […]
Plant structure and hydraulic function
Research Seminar Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Novel insights into the coupling of plant structure and hydraulic function: Implications for sustainable crop management Dr. Thorsten Knipfer Assistant Project Scientist Department of Viticulture and Enology University of California, Davis Click here to fill out the […]
Advancing sustainable food systems in a changing world
Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Research Seminar: Advancing Sustainable Food Systems in a Changing World Dr. Selena Ahmed Assistant Professor Sustainable Food Systems Montana State University Click here to fill out the Feedback Form for Dr. Selena Ahmed’s campus visit A multifaceted challenge of […]
Plants and Pollinators in an Era of Global Change
Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Research Seminar: Plants and Pollinators in an Era of Global Change Dr. Risa Sargent Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Ottawa Click here to fill out the Feedback Form for Dr. Risa Sargent’s campus visit Our agricultural systems […]
Diversifying seed systems
Research Seminar Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Diversifying Seed Systems Dr. Claire Luby Faculty Associate Department of Horticulture University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant breeding can uniquely diversify agricultural systems to respond to varying environmental and social contexts, an essential component of climate change adaptation. However, […]