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2010 Sustainable Agriculture And Food Systems Competitive Grants Program

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:

Feenstra to Speak at Local Food Workshop

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.”

Dr Ryan Galt Wins Outstanding Mentor Award

Dr. Ryan Galt won the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Consortium for Women and Research at UC Davis.  This award is meant to honor Academic Senate and Academic Federation members for mentoring post-docs, graduate students and/or undergraduates in research, professional development. 

Congratulations Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Graduates

 

On Sunday morning, June 17, thousands of students marched through UC Davis' campus in caps and gowns to receive their diplomas.  That afternoon, we gathered at the Ecological Garden to celebrate with Genna Lipari and Alannah Kull, the two students who make up the first graduating class of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Major (SA&FS).