Researcher Profile: CSFS Associate Jennifer Black
Researcher Profile: CSFS Associate Jennifer Black UBC Associate Professor in Food, Nutrition, and Health (FNH), in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems What is your research project and what is it all about? I worked on the first iteration of the Think&EatGreen@School Project. This project was a five-year SSHRC-funded community-university research alliance project that […]
The Conversation Feature: Dr. Jennifer Black
The Conversation Feature: Dr. Jennifer Black “School food programs work better when they actively nurture care and connection.” Dr. Jennifer Black, CSFS Associate and LFS Professor, recently co-authored an article in the Conversation on the impacts school lunch programs have on the well-being of children and families. Check out the full article here.
Supporting Farm Workers during COVID-19
Supporting Farm Workers during COVID-19 How can we better support the health & wellbeing of migrant agricultural workers on BC’s organic farms during these unprecedented times? Do you want to know more about how you can improve conditions for your workers? This info sheet was developed with organic agriculture in mind as a shared informational […]
Q&A Round Up: Climate Change and COVID-19
Q&A Round-up: Climate Change and COVID-19 A Food System in Crisis: Climate Change, COVID-19, and Opportunities for Change We received a huge number of thoughtful questions from the audience during our June 25, 2020 webinar on climate change and COVID-19, many of which the presenters didn’t have time to answer live. Below are our panelists’ […]
Doughgirls Promotion
Doughgirls Crowdfunding Support To support our crowdfunding campaign to keep UBC Farm programs up and running, our friends at Doughgirls Comfort Kitchen & Bakeshop will be donating $1 for every Karmic Orb sold at the UBC Farm! Karmic Orbs are little bursts of nutritious, Vegan and Gluten-free, positive energy. Be sure to pick some up […]
Q&A Roundup: Essential Labour, Essential Lives
Q&A Round-up Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19 We received a huge number of thoughtful questions from the audience during our July 23, 2020 webinar on migrant agricultural workers, many of which the presenters didn’t have time to answer live. Below are our panelists’ responses to your questions, with resources for further […]
Biodiversity Project: Baby Wildlife Pictures
Biodiversity Project: Baby Wildlife Pictures Some new arrivals for UBC Farm’s resident wildlife have recently been spotted by our summer biodiversity monitoring team! Our array of remote wildlife cameras have been capturing images of a mother coyote and her two pups frequenting the farm grounds, and the biodiversity team had a close encounter with a […]
Bee smart: How I ended up pushing a weather station around campus in a baby stroller
Bee smart: How I ended up pushing a weather station around campus in a baby stroller Jennifer Lipka is an undergraduate student with the UBC BeeHIVE Research Cluster researching bumble bee abundance and diversity on UBC campus. Read more about her research, and how it feeds into the Bee Smart program. Check out the full […]
PWIAS Q&A: Dr. Hannah Wittman
PWIAS Q&A: Dr. Hannah Wittman Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, our Academic Director, Dr. Hannah Wittman, has been researching better ways to put food on tables in British Columbia and around the world. The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies recently did a Q&A with Dr. Wittman about how COVID-19 is affecting the food […]
The Conversation Feature: Dr. Jennifer Black
The Conversation Feature: Dr. Jennifer Black “More than food banks are needed to feed the hungry during the coronavirus pandemic.” Dr. Jennifer Black, CSFS Associate and LFS Professor, recently co-authored an article in the Conversation on the issues with food banks and challenges of addressing food insecurity during COVID-19 through food banks. Check out the full […]