News & Events

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

"In Organic We Trust" is a new documentary film that looks beyond 'organic' for other practical solution like farmer's markets, school gardens and urban farms that are revolutionizing the way we eat. 

The film features Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis Director Tom Tomich, Sierra Orchards and the Center for Land-Based Learning President Craig McNamara, and many other important voices in agriculture.

Watch the "In Organic We Trust" Teaser.

How does fertilizer move around California?

Much of it starts out as anhydrous ammonia shipped into Stockton, Sacramento and other ports from countries like Trinidad and Venezuela, and is then transported around the state for use as fertilizer by truck or rail car.

Drip irrigation was the topic of conversation at this year’s Russell Ranch Field Day growers panel – and opinions were mixed.

The official grand opening of the Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory is Friday, January 28, at 10 a.m.

by Courtney S. Miller

While many grandparents will be giving a bike or doll to their grandkids this holiday season, Harold McClarty is giving his grandson, Reed, a more unusual gift.

Friends of the Student Farm Potluck Party
Wednesday, September 29th
6:00 pm
Picnic tables at the Student Farm Ecological Garden

Start off the fall with a big dinner gathering with friends of the Student Farm. Come talk about upcoming events in sustainable agriculture, share summer experiences and exciting plans for the year.

There will also be a Student Farm orientation and farm tour taking place!