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Each year, nearly 2,000 school children visit the Student Farm at UC Davis to learn about growing food, healthy eating and garden ecology from a team of student interns.

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) at UC Davis held its annual Eric Bradford and Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award ceremony May 22.

The institute named Rose Hayden-Smith of the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources this year’s award recipient.

In 2012, ASI Director Tom Tomich co-authored an article with ASI Affiliated faculty members and UC Davis faculty about Agroecology from a global perspective in the Annual Reviews and Environment and Resources.

In recognition of Food Day, more than 2,000 events are being hosted across the nation today to inspire Americans to take part in a more sustainable food system by eating healthier; expanding access to food; eating food produced in ways that improve our land, air and water, and more.

ASI is among those sponsoring student-organized Food Day activities at UC Davis today.

Try freshly harvested Student Farm produce prepared by UC Davis Dining Commons:

Noon-2 p.m. Silo Patio

6-8 p.m. Cuarto Dining Commons

6-8 p.m. Tercero Dining Commons

In anticipation of our fifth annual External Advisory Board meeting, we are pleased to share our 2012 Strategic Snapshot and message from ASI's Director, Tom Tomich. 

ASI is all over the Web with Facebook, Twitter and more!

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute wants to connect with users, students, policy-makers and stakeholders in every way possible.

Over the next few weeks, we'll let you know about feeds on YouTube, Flickr and more.

For now, make sure to become a fan of our page on Facebook:

http://facebook.com/sustainableagriculture

or on Twitter:

The California Nitrogen Assessment is just past its midway point. The project, which examines the state of knowledge, practice, and policy relating to nitrogen in California, began in June 2010. 

When: noon, Wednesday,

January 19, 2011
Where: 3201 Hart Hall,
on the UC Davis campus
Free and open to the public

UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP, part of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis) is pleased to announce the release of the Request for Proposals for the 2010 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Competitive Grants Program. 

Total available funding is $200,000 divided among four types of projects: planning grants, education & outreach grants, research grants, and graduate student research grants. UC SAREP will consider proposals in the following three Priority Areas:

ASI's Gail Feenstra will speak at a local food workshop in Lake County on Thursday, October 21.

Her presentation on “Farm-to-School from the Ground Up: What Works and How to Get There,” will identify elements, practices and policies that are working in urban and rural schools throughout the state, including procurement models and lessons from inside the kitchen, such as “Cooking from Scratch Boot Camps.”