Celebrating 50 years of gardening and farming at UC Santa Cruz, The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is an education and research program at the University of California Santa Cruz that aims to create a socially responsible and non-exploitative food system through research in areas such as food security, social justice, and economic justice in agriculture. The Center’s broad range of impact includes the Life Lab’s Garden Classroom for elementary school children, training new organic farmers, educating undergraduate students on sustainable agriculture techniques and issues, hosting research on organic pest and disease control methods, working on ways to minimize water use, and promoting purchases of sustainable food for campuses throughout the UC system and beyond. Their newly revised publications, Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening: Resources for Instructors, and Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability: Resources for Instructors, are available at cost in print and free online.

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Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

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