ReachOut Feature: Thinking Small in the Face of Climate Change
ReachOut Feature: Thinking Small in the Face of Climate Change CSFS researchers Dr. Juli Carrillo and Dr. Cara Haney were featured in the latest issue of the Land and Food Systems Faculty Journal, ReachOut, for their two-year research project investigating how beneficial soil microbes can help plants deal with the global rise in carbon dioxide. […]
ReachOut Feature: Better Veggies for Canadian Organic Farmers
ReachOut Feature: Better Veggies for Canadian Organic Farmers CSFS researchers Dr. Alexandra Lyon and Dr. Hannah Wittman were featured in the latest issue of the Land and Food Systems Faculty Journal, ReachOut, for their latest Canada-wide research venture, the Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement (CANOVI) project. The CANOVI project aims to help organic vegetable growers find […]
ReachOut Feature: Learning Tools for Just Food
ReachOut Feature: Learning Tools for Just Food Joyce Liao and Meryn Corkery, fourth-year students in the Faculty of Global Resource Systems and former and current WorkLearns (respectively) with the CSFS at UBC Farm, were featured in the latest issue of the Land and Food Systems Faculty Journal ReachOut. The feature highlights their two-year research project, […]
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, […]
Landscape drivers of agricultural pests and pesticides: evidence across scales
Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Research Seminar: Landscape drivers of agricultural pests and pesticides: Evidence across scales. Dr. Ashley Larsen Assistant Professor Bren School of Environmental Science & Management University of California, Santa Barbara Click here to fill out the Feedback Form for Dr. […]
Strategic Design of Diversified Cropping Systems to Increase Multifunctionality and Improve Grower Livelihoods
Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Research Seminar: Strategic Design of Diversified Cropping Systems to Increase Multifunctionality and Improve Grower Livelihoods Dr. Nicole Tautges Cropping Systems Research Lead Agricultural Sustainability Institute University of California, Davis Click here to fill out the Feedback Form for Dr. […]