Blueberries and green beans in paper trays on a yellow checked tablecloth

Global Food Initiative

UC is working to address one of the critical issues of our time: How to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025.

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Sustainable Agriculture Education Association
Sustainable Agriculture Education Association conference overview
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, with support from the UC Global Food Initiative, hosted the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association national conference, highlighting hands-on educational efforts that bridge scientific and social issues.
List Grid
Alice Waters (left) tours the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley with UC President Janet Napolitano at the launch of the UC Global Food Initiative.
Q&A with Alice Waters
Chez Panisse chef and owner, a UC Berkeley alumna, will receive the Foundation Medal at UC Santa Cruz's Founders Celebration Fiat Fifty dinner on Sept. 26.
Participating on a Zocalo panel to discuss the social and economic forces limiting low-income Americans' access to healthy food and exercise were Anna Gorman (from eft), UCLA's Roshan Bastani, Tracie McMillan and LaVonna Lewis.
Who can afford organic kale on minimum wage?
A panel of health experts discusses what can be done to ensure health equity.
Mothers at farmers market
Q&A: Lucia Kaiser and Dorina Espinoza, nutrition researchers and educators
Kaiser is part of a UC team that’s recently completed a research project on a program called “Plan, Shop, Save & Cook.” The findings have implications for identifying strategies that tackle food insecurity. Espinoza has participated in subsequent research.