UCTV Prime, the YouTube channel for the University of California, is now airing a series of short videos in a series called The Future of Farming. The series was produced by UC Davis Director of campus communications Mitchel Benson with the help of several faculty and staff affiliated with ASI.

This four-part series examines the challenges of reforming our food production to meet the needs of a growing population, and demonstrates how UC Davis is leading the way in developing sustainable, high-tech agriculture practices and training the next generation of farmers.

Prepared by a team of UC Davis students for the Yolo Ag and Food Alliance, this report examines the plausibility of creating a food hub in Yolo and Solano Counties.  Researchers explored recent trends in food hubs across the country and conducted a food system assessment of the two counties.  The food system assessment tracks historical trends and data in Yolo and Solano Counties for five sector of the food system: production, processing, distribution, retail, and consumption.  By analyzing these sectors, the report provides a context to better understand the viability of a p

Gail Feenstra of SAREP, Jeri Ohmart of SAREP/ASI and Shermain Hardesty of Agricultural Resource Economics at UC Davis are contributing authors on a recently published article in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

SAREP's Gail Feenstra and Julia Van Soelen Kim are contributing authors on a new article "Value Chains for Sustainable Procurement in Large School Districts: Fostering Partnerships"  The article chronicles two separate pilot efforts to create value chains for mid-scale farms to supply large school districts' food-service operations with more healthful, local, and sustainably produced foods, using a modified fa

SAREP compiled an extensive annotated bibliography of literature relating to values-based supply chains for Know Your Farmer/Know Your Food: A California Project.   The bibliography can serve as a valuable resource for anyone involved in creating or researching supply chains, food hubs, and farm to institution programs. 

ASI and SAREP staff and affiliated UC Davis faculty have recently published two new articles in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 

NETWORK COORDINATOR (PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE II)

We're hiring for a new Executive Assistant. Visit our ASI jobs page for more.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the full position description including a description of the essential job responsibilities and qualifications.

To apply, review directions for “How to Apply” on the UC Davis Career Opportunities Web Page: https://www.employment.ucdavis.edu.  Refer to Requisition # 03005018, Payroll Title: “__” Assistant III.

In collaboration with the Information Center on the Environment at UC Davis (ICE), ASI's initiative on sustainable sourcing seeks to enhance the sustainability of how we source raw materials from around the world.  The project seeks to create a scientifically-validated framework that food companies and other stakeholders can use when making decisions about agricultural sourcing. 

There's a problem with our current use of nitrogen in agricultural systems: we're inefficient. That's the message Ken Cassman, Heuermann professor of agronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, gave to a crowd of UC Davis professors and students last week.

Ken Cassman's research aims to answer a fundamental question for the future of agricultural sustainability: How can we meet increasing global demand for food while protecting environmental quality and natural resources for future generations?

The College of Agriculture and Environmental Science is hosting its first Outlook Speaker Series on Saturday, November 5. The topic of the program is “Feeding a Hungry Planet.”  Faculty members will address their research and how each topic is helping to feed people locally and globally.

Rusell Ranch Director and ASI Deputy Director, Kate Scow, will speak at the event, alongside Dr. Beth Mitcham of Plant Sciences and Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam of Animal Sciences.

Several sessions at this weekend's EcoFarm conference in Pacific Grove, Calif., will feature UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program- and program-funded research.

We are looking forward to celebrating the program's 25th anniversary with our EcoFarm friends and UC Davis colleagues, including 10 UC Davis students in attendance with the help of Agricultural Sustainability Institute travel scholarships.

ASI affiliate faculty member Johan Six has been named as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

Six is an agroecology professor in the department of plant sciences at UC Davis, and a UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow.

We've got a job opening here at ASI for a full-time Budget & Finance Officer. The position is based out of our office in the ANR building on Hopkins Road in Davis.

More information about the opening is available here:

http://www.asi.ucdavis.edu/about/jobs