NEWS

8.10.24. ANTS reunite at the ESA meeting in Long Beach!

4.23.21. The Confronting Climate Change conference is coming up. Stacy Philpott will moderate a discussion about Food Security in a changing world. Read about it here and in some news coverage here.

10.1.20. A win for Estelí Jimenez-Soto! Biotropica paper wins Peter Ashton Award for Best Student Paper!

4.11.20. We got a new USDA Research Grant! – “Ecological Networks, Management Shifts, and Ecosystem Services In Urban Agricultural Landscapes” $500K to continue our fun garden studies! Stay tuned for more like this natural enemy-herbivore network graph!

Natural Enemy Herbivore Network Graph.

3.23.20. SUPERDAR is back! The Supporting Undergraduates by Promoting Education, Extension, Research, Diversity, and Agricultural Resilience Program has received new funding ($500,000!) from the USDA Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates Panel. This summer, two students will be doing research on sustainable aquaculture and post-agricultural restoration! See what past fellows are up to by clicking the photos below.

3.7.19 New scholarship program focuses on agroecology

3.6.19 Lab research featured in The Economist!

3.4.19. Venezuelan native aims to bridge Santa Cruz communication gap

1.30.19. Our new Biotropica paper gets the cover!

1.21.19. Bats: Agriculture’s Unlikely Hero

1.17.19. Beach Flats Exhibit Rooted in Community

11.2.18. Mirando al Futuro Exhibit Open at the Santa Cruz MAHfeatured-beachflats-1200x500

9.19.18. Community engagement enhances graduate education
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7.3.18. Natural habitat can help farmers control pests, but not always a win-win
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5.18.18. Undergraduate builds handcrafted bee hotels to attract pollinators
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5.1.18. Bees of California: A New Book by UCSC Students

3.3.18. Giant chocolate industry depends on tiny insects for survival
A biting midge pollinates a cacao flower on the Goodman Cacao Estate in Killaloe, Australia.

2.23.18. USDA funds efforts to bring underrepresented students into agriculture

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8.9.17. Estelí Jimenez-Soto wins Al Gentry Presentation Award at ATBC 2017!Image result for Esteli Jimenez Soto ATBC

8.2.17. Exploring UCSC Farm and Garden Through Faculty Research
Stacy Philpott (middle), joined by graduate student and former CASFS apprentice Hamutahl Cohen (right), led a workshop about bee pollination - a vital part of many plant or crop’s fertilization process.

12.1.16. Campus receives grant to study sustainable practices for urban agriculturephilpott-400px.jpg

10.20.16. UC Santa Cruz project wins U.S. agriculture grant to diversify food studies
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8.3.16. Advocates for social and food justice
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6.8.16. Five UC Santa Cruz students receive Global Food Initiative Fellowships
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3.21.16.  UC Santa Cruz Bee Expert to Give Talk

11.6.15. Research Frontiers Evening shows how “innovation meets ambition”research-frontiers-monika-480.jpg

10.22.15. Four UC Santa Cruz students receive Global Food Initiative fellowships
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10.1.15. Bugs in an urban jungle
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8.26.15. Community gardeners of Beach Flats wonder what’s next
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4.6.15. Multicultural Urban Agroecology Research Exchange – Chiapas,  MexicoCasaDelPan_Garden.png

4.16.14. Shade Grown Coffee Shrinking as a Proportion of Global Coffee Production
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10.11.13. USDA Grant Boosts opportunities for sustainable agriculture education
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