• Help kids learn more about gardens, farms, and food
• Connect to the land and practices that sustain our community and planet
• Get involved in your campus Student Farm

Lecture: Wednesdays - Time TBD, Late Afternoon. Lab: Fridays 2:10-5pm

>>> CRN 34761<<<

This fall, Itzel Villagran will be busy. As a 4th year in Sustainable Agriculture and Development and Lead Student Farmer in the Market Garden program, she is a PEAS fellow, conducting field research in soils, and a Green fellow, building community through growing, sharing and teaching about foods important to her and her family.

Trina Klein with Plant Sciences covered the SCOPE program's recent field day, describing the zinnia and tomato varieties being developed and introducing some of the Lead Student Farmers contributing to crop improvement for organic growers. Read more here:

And the winner is... Shirley

This summer, Olivia Henry, UC Cooperative Extension Regional Food Systems Advisor, collaborated with the Student Farm Ecological Garden to help us learn more about value-added products, on-farm processing, and the blue elderberry that grow in many places across the farm and that are historical part of California's cultural and ecological systems. Alongside Ecological Garden lead, Julia Schreiber, UCD student Taylor Jones was Olivia's partner in this project. You can read Olivia's report below. Find Taylor's insightful report linked in the bullet point.

UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has a new dean. Though we were sad to lose the leadership of Dean Dillard, stepping down after many years of service to the college, we are excited to welcome Dean Ashley Stokes. She brings a wealth of expertise and leadership experience to the college. In a visit to the Student Farm during her first month on the job, we saw this expertise firsthand, as well as a true care for student experiences and voices - and serious bird-watching skills!

The Student Farm will help host a land-based component of this important course, AAS192: Agriculture, Race & Justice in Black California, offered this coming fall (CRN: 20025). Please share with students and groups who might be interested. Reach out to aas_advising@ucdavis.edu with questions.

The Student Farm's Kids in the Garden program was recently profiled by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences media staff. Learn more about the program and what a day in the garden looks like for students - of all ages!

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The air feels fresher, the soil softer, and everywhere you look, something new is sprouting or blooming. It’s the kind of season that makes you slow down and notice the small things—like the bees hovering over cilantro flowers, or a butterfly weaving through the garden rows. These aren’t just pretty signs of spring. They’re pollinators, and they’re essential to everything we do out here.

Fresh Focus Year-in-Review 250417.pdf