We currently collaborate with faculty in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Letters and Science, College of Engineering, and the School of Education. We provide in-field experiential learning opportunities for UC Davis students to learn about sustainable agriculture, food systems, garden and farm-based learning, scale-appropriate sustainable technologies, and an opportunity to connect with culture, language and history through food. If you are a faculty member interested in collaborating with us, please contact the Student Farm Director! Scroll down to see a list of courses that have engaged with the Student Farm.
We also partner with faculty and graduate students on research using our certified organic farm and garden. Research projects include breeding for organic systems (SCOPE) with Charlie Brummer (Plant Sciences), assessing pollinator wildflower mixes with Neal Williams (Entomology), exploring Chicanx and Latinx student sense of belonging at the UCD Student Farm with Natalia Deeb-Sossa (Chicana/o Studies) and more. Contact the Student Farm Director if you are interested in conducting research at the Student Farm.
Student Farm staff are PIs or Co-PIs on internal and external grants with UCD faculty from a variety of departments. We bring expertise in farm and garden based experiential learning, organic mixed vegetable and sustainable cut flower production, using student farms to address student food access, K-5 children's farm tours, and breeding for organic systems. Our recent grants include a USDA-Higher Education Challenge Grant to modernize agricultural curricula to make it more culturally responsive.
The Student Farm the following courses either through hosting farm tours, field activities, or plant materials. Starred (*) courses are led by Student Farm staff.
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
ABT/IAD 142 Equipment and Technology for Small Farms
ABT 289A-001 D-Lab I: Energy, Agriculture and Development
CRD 20 Food Systems
ECL 216. Ecology and Agriculture
ENT100L General Entomology Lab
FYS-004-017 Examining the Arguments of the Local Food Movement
GEO 200 DN: Socio-Spatial Analysis
IAD 202 Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems
PLP 120 Plant Pathology
PLP 205A. Diseases of Vegetable and Field Crops
PLS 1 Agriculture, Nature and Society
PLS 2 Botany and Physiology of Cultivated Plants
PLS 5 Plants for Garden, Orchard and Landscape
PLS 12 Plants and Society
PLS 15 Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture
PLS 49 Organic Crop Production Practices*
PLS 105 Concepts in Pest Management
PLS/IAD 160 Agroforestry: Global and Local Perspectives
PLS 170 A and B Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems
PLS 171 Principles and Practices of Plant Propagation
PLS 190 Seminar on Alternatives in Agriculture
PLS 193 Garden and Farm-Based Experiential Education Methods *
College of Letters and Science
CHI 110 Sociology of the Chicana/o Experience
CHI 113 Latin American Women's Engagement in Social Movements
CHI 198 Decolonizing Spirit
SOC 195 Farm to Fork: Food, Agriculture and Society in California, Israel and Palestine
College of Engineering
ENG 3 Engineering Design
School of Education
EDU 142 Introduction to Environmental Education
EDU 209 Image-based Field Research
EDU 307 Methods in Elementary Science Teaching