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 […]
National Observer Feature: Dr. Hannah Wittman
National Observer Feature: Dr. Hannah Wittman “COVID-19 is making visible these really deep cracks in our food system…we don’t have the necessary public infrastructure to sustain a regionally resilient food system because a lot of our agriculture investment is focused on exports,” said Dr. Hannah Wittman in a recent article published in the National Observer. […]
5 Lessons for Food System Thinking from COVID-19
5 lessons for food system thinking from COVID-19: Susanna Klassen “Civil society groups working on food systems change have argued that this crisis presents an opening to do things differently. Indeed, many are poised to use this crisis for transformation — coalescing around issues like a Universal Basic Income and rights and protections for migrant […]
BC Food Web COVID-19 Food Systems Resources
BC Food Web COVID-19 Food Systems Resources We know that it’s been hard to sift through the plethora of resources coming out every day about COVID-19, so we have compiled a list of COVID-19 food systems resources, media articles, and other content on the BC Food Web. We’ve created this repository for BC producers, processors, and […]
Researchers probe the complexities of crop resiliency (BioLab Business)
BioLab Business Feature: Researchers probe the complexities of crop resiliency The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm is on the cutting edge of climate adaptation and resiliency in agriculture, according to a recent feature by BioLab Business. From measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions among various crops to identifying soil microbes that can boost […]
BC Vegetable Farmers Survey
BC Vegetable Farmers Survey We want to hear from you about your experience in vegetable production! Take the BC Vegetable Farmer Survey and your responses will help UBC researchers learn more about the challenges facing vegetable producers, including labour, field management, profitability and seed. Participants are entered to win one of twenty $50 gift cards for […]
UBC Farm Truffle Orchard (University Affairs)
University Affairs Feature: UBC Farm Truffle Orchard Did you know that the UBC Farm is home to some of the world’s most sought-after mushrooms? Shannon Berch, adjunct professor in UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, is at the forefront of a 10-year bid to grow truffles in BC’s temperate climate. This year, her research […]
CSFS at the 2020 BC Organic Conference
CSFS at the 2020 BC Organic Conference Friday, February 28 to Sunday, March 1 The CSFS will be at the 2020 BC Organic Conference at the Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport in Richmond. Our associates, staff, and students will be attending this conference, so be sure to check it out and say hi. We will be […]