Fall 2024 brought with it lots of new faces to the Fresh Focus team, including a new Lead Student Farmer, three new College Core Fellows, and many new interns!

 Fall was also a busy quarter for the Fresh Focus team, as we established a new seed saving bed to grow and collect seed from indigenous heirloom plants. Students also stretched their event planning muscles and collaborated with a seed saving library to host a dinner utilizing the crops we grew from heirloom indigenous seeds. 

Learn more about how the Student Farm contributes to ecological, social and economic sustainability on our campus, from this student produced episode. Thank you Berit, Kristina and the whole Sustainably UC Davis team for highlighting what we do and care about!

The Fresh Focus team had an exciting and abundant summer, full of new community connections, friendship, delicious food, and an almost never ending supply of cucumber and squash!

Student Jobs at the intersection of food, land and social change.

STDT3 positions for summer 2025 & academic year 2025-2026. 

Apply by April 8th at handshake. Search for “@ the Student Farm” or use job #s below. 

We're thrilled to welcome Janvier (Jan) Velilla as the new Lead Farmer & Educator at the Student Farm Market Garden. With over 20 years of farming experience across the country—from upstate New York and Colorado to California—Jan brings a wealth of knowledge and a deep commitment to sustainable agriculture and community engagement. Here’s a closer look at Jan's journey, philosophy, and aspirations for the future of the farm.

The nomination call for the 2025 Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership award is now live. This award recognizes and honors individuals who have exhibited the leadership, work ethic and integrity epitomized by the late Eric Bradford, a livestock geneticist who gave 50 years of service to UC Davis, and the late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist. Nominations are due January 31st, 2025.