FAO Newsletter Feature: Structuring Markets for Resilient Farming Systems
FAO Newsletter Feature: Structuring Markets for Resilient Farming Systems Hannah Wittman, CSFS Academic Director, co-authored a publication that was featured in the latest Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations newsletter, with Vivian Valencia (Wageningen University) and Jennifer Blesh (University of Michigan). This article shows how the convergence of public policies supporting mediated […]
APBI & CSFS Cluster Hire Research Seminar Series
Research Seminar Series Cluster Hire in LFS Applied Biology, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, and CSFS at UBC Farm Please join us for a series of exciting Research Seminars, as part of the Faculty Cluster Hire in Plant and Soil Science, co-sponsored by SAGE, APBI, and CSFS. These ten short-listed candidates are giving seminars in […]
Feeding Growth Friends Brewing Creativity
Feeding Growth Friends Brewing Creativity Feeding Growth Alumni, Max Rivest the co-founder of Wize Monkey and Mauricio Lozano from Faculty Brewing Co. have been featured in an article by Vancouver is Awesome. The unique partnership has created the world’s first coffee leaf infused beer. “Our brewery is focused on education, collaboration and innovation, and this […]
March 6, 2019: We All Live from the Land: Seeds of Recognition, Recognition of Seeds with Dr. Harriet Friedmann
March 6: We All Live from the Land: Seeds of Recognition, Recognition of Seeds with Dr. Harriet Friedmann In a time when more people live in cities than the countryside, it is challenging to think through the implications that we all live from the land, to take in deeply and practically what it means that […]
Researcher Profile: CSFS Associate Navin Ramankutty
Researcher Profile: Navin Ramankutty CSFS Associate, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Food Security, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability What does your current research focus on? I study food security and sustainability on a global scale, with a few of […]
Georgia Straight features CSFS
Georgia Straight features CSFS The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm is a Living Laboratory. The Georgia Straight article mentioned how the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems helps farmers adapt to climate change and research ways to overcome the challenges brought on by climate change. “The 24-hectare UBC farm at the university’s Point […]
Infant Food Insecurity in Canada
Infant Food Insecurity in Canada Researcher Dr. Lesley Frank, professor of sociology at Acadia University and a 2018 CSFS visiting scholar, was featured on CBC’s The Current talking about her work on infant food insecurity in Canada. Dr. Lesley Frank first became involved in infant feeding issues as an outreach worker, promoting the “Breast is […]
CSFS Annual Report 2017-2018
CSFS Annual Report 2017-2018 Did you know: Last year we grew 109,000 pounds of food, we had 30 active research projects, 2,300+ UBC students engaged in CSFS-related courses, 7,000 food literacy program participants, and 12,000 participants in 542 community events! Our CSFS Annual Report captures the achievements of our diverse programs and the milestones we […]
The Colours of Food Security
The Colours of Food Security The Colours of Food Security is a series of bold and striking maps created by the LUGE Lab that paints a picture of global agriculture, and key issues surrounding the food system. The message of this exhibit is that to achieve food secure future we need new visions that view […]
Researcher Profile: Leonard Foster, Professor
Researcher Profile: CSFS Associate Leonard Foster Professorin Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine What is your research project and what is it all about? It’s not really one project but a series of projects looking at how honey bees respond to pests and pathogens. We’re studying a number of different pests and pathogens and […]