THE ECOLOGY OF FOOD SYSTEMS - sustainableaged.orgsustainableaged.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/...the broader field of food systems. CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS: The University of California

July 29-31, 2016

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AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE

FOOD SYSTEMS (CASFS)

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Engaging Interdisciplinary and

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Agriculture

The 2016 Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) National Conference welcomes participants from across the agriculture and food system who are engaged in adult education: students, teachers and independent scholars; farmers, cooks, and community organizers; professionals in health, business, the arts, law, and the media. Participants represent colleges, universities, farmer training organizations, and a range of professional and civil society organizations.

To encourage flexible and interactive learning, the conference format will be highly participant-driven, featuring Open-Space sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and diverse presentations.

This year’s theme highlights the growing demand for inclusive and critical approaches to sustainable agriculture and food education at the post-secondary level. SAEA has a strong tradition of focusing on interdisciplinary and experiential learning from a systems thinking perspective.

The conference will focus on social justice and equity-oriented educational programming and activities within the broader field of food systems.

CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS:The University of California Office of the President’s Global Food Initiative is a major sponsor of the conference, co-hosted by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Berkeley’s Berkeley Food Institute, Cal Poly (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences) Center for Sustainability and Swanton Pacific Ranch, University of Hawai’i, West O’ahu, Sustainable Community Food Systems, ALBA (Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association), Merritt College, and Stanford University, O’Donahue Family Stanford Educational Farm

THE 2016 SAEA CONFERENCE WISHES TO THANK THESE SPONSORS:

THE NELL NEWMAN FOUNDATION

2016 SAEA CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEEDamian Parr, Chair UC Santa Cruz, CASFSAmy Bolton Staff supportHunter Francis CAFES at Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoLeslie Geathers Merritt CollegeKaley Grimland ALBAMaywa Montenegro UC BerkeleyMaggie La Rochelle UC DavisAlbie Miles University of Hawai’i, West OahuAnnie Shattuck Stanford UniversityMark Van Horn UC Davis

2015-2016 SAEA STEERING COMMITTEEChair Julie Cotton, Michigan State UniversityVice-Chair Megan Fehrman, Rogue Farm CorpsSecretary Kido Pielack, Keep Growing DetroitTreasurer and Past Chair Krista Jacobsen, University of KentuckyMember Representatives Rasheed Hislop, GreenThumb Mark Walden, Berea College and Grow AppalachiaStudent Representatives Lorien MacAuley, Ph.D. Student, Virginia Tech, and Graduate Student, Michigan State UniversityAt Large Damian Parr, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Table of Contents

THURSDAY, JULY 28: Registration and Check-inRegistration and Housing Check-in 4:00-10:00 PM East Conference Office, Stevenson College,Parking Passes provided at check-in East Remote Lot Stevenson Apartment Building 9, Apt. 201 Breakfast / lunch served all 3 days at Cowell/Stevenson College Dining Hall (phone 831.502-7002)

FRIDAY, JULY 29: Reflecting and Setting the Tone – Real Time, Participant DirectedRegistration and Check-in 7:00-9:00 AM Stevenson Circle

Welcome, World Café 9:00-9:45 AM Stevenson Event Center

Keynote Speaker and Panelists 10:00-11:30 Stevenson Event CenterBreakout Discussions, Coffee/Tea Break 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Event Center

Group Organizing of Open Space Sessions 12:00-1:00 PM Stevenson Event Center

Open Space Sessions (Three 45-min. sessions) 2:00-5:00 PM Stevenson Event Center

UCSC Farm Tours 5:00-6:00 PM UCSC Farm & Garden Wooden Gate Entrance

Decolonizing Foodways Symposium and 6:15-9:30 PM Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Dinner – Keynote Speaker and Chefs

Decolonizing Foodways Dinner 7:30-9:30 PM

SATURDAY, JULY 30: Getting Technical – Pre-Prepared Presentations and Field Trip Case StudyPre-Prepared Presentations 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson and Cowell Colleges

SESSION ONE (concurrent) 8:30-9:30 AM (assigned rooms, see program)

SESSION TWO (concurrent) 9:45-10:45 AM

SESSION THREE (concurrent) 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Field Trips (concurrent) [Boxed Lunch at Cowell Circle] 12:00-5:00 PM Cowell Circle

ALBA (Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association) Salinas Valley, CA www.albafarmers.org

O’Donahue Family Stanford Educational Farm Palo Alto, CA https://earth.stanford.edu/farm/

Pie Ranch Pescadero, CA http://www.pieranch.org/

Swanton Pacific Ranch Davenport, CA www.spranch.calpoly.edu

UCSC Farm & Garden Tour 5:00-6:00 PM UCSC Farm & Garden

Real Food Challenge Dinner 6:15-8:30 PM Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

Music and Dancing – Blazeen (Reggae) 8:30-10:30 PM

SUNDAY, JULY 31: Skill-Based Workshops and Group Project WorkWorkshops and Group Projects (concurrent) 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson/Cowell College and UCSC Farm

Lunch 12:00-1:15 PM Cowell/Stevenson College Dining Hall

Closing Activity 1:30-2:00 PM Stevenson Main Courtyard

Conference Welcome, Co-Hosts and Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22016 SAEA Conference Organizing Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22015-16 SAEA Steering Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SAEA Conference at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Detailed Conference Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-8Presenter Biographies and Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17Conference Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-22

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THURSDAY, JULY 28: Registration and Check-inRegistration and Housing Check-in 4:00-10:00 PM East Conference Office, Stevenson CollegeParking passes provided at check-in for people housing on campus Stevenson Apartment Building 9, Apt. 201 phone: 831.502-7002

CASFS Farm Tour – Self-Guided 4:00-7:00 PM CASFS Farm & Garden Wooden Gate EntranceDinner (on your own) open

FRIDAY, JULY 29: Reflecting and Setting the Tone – Real Time, Participant DirectedBreakfast for on-campus participants 7:45 AM Cowell/Stevenson College Dining HallBreakfast for commuters 8:15 AM Cowell/Stevenson College Dining HallRegistration and Check-in 7:00-9:00 AM (after 9, go to East Conference Office) Stevenson Circle Parking passes provided for commuters at East Remote Lot 7:00-9:00 AM Welcome, World Café 9:00-9:45 AM Stevenson Event CenterKeynote Speaker and Panelists 10:00-11:30 Stevenson Event Center

Ricardo Salvador, Director and Senior Scientist, Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned ScientistsAs the senior scientist and director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Dr. Salvador works with citizens, scientists, economists, and politicians to transition our current food system into one that grows healthy foods while employing sustainability and socially equitable practices.

Luz Calvo, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Cal State East BayLuz holds a master’s degree in Political Science from UCLA and a Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness from UC Santa Cruz. She co-authored Decolonize Your Diet: Mexican-American, Plant-Based Recipes for Health and Healing.

Kamuela Joseph Nui Enos, M.A., Director of Social Enterprise at MA’O Organic FarmsBorn and raised in Waianae, Hawai’i, Kamuela received both his B.A. in Hawaiian Studies and his M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He was recently a commissioner on President Obama’s White House Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Julie Grossman, Assistant Professor, Horticulture Science Dept., University of MinnesotaJulie holds an M.S. in Soil Science and Ph.D. in Agronomy and Plant Genetics from the University of Minnesota, was an NSF Post-doctoral Fellow at Cornell University and the Soil Science faculty at North Carolina State University.

Andrew K. Baskin, B.Sc., Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, McNair Scholar, University of California, DavisAndrew serves as Student Representative on SAEA’s Steering Council and the External Advisory Board of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis.

Emilia Cordero Oceguera, M.A., Latin American Studies, University of California, BerkeleyCurrently an apprentice at CASFS, Emilia’s farming experience comes from working in the “Granja Mollesnejta,” an agroforestry farm in the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia and in “Las Cañadas,” an agroecological cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico.

Breakout Discussions, Coffee/Tea Break 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Event CenterGroup Organizing of Open Space Sessions 12:00-1:00 PM Stevenson Event CenterLunch 1:00-1:45 PM Cowell/Stevenson College DiningOpen Space Sessions (Three 45-min. sessions) 2:00-5:00 PM Stevenson Event CenterCASFS Farm Tour – Guided Tour 5:15-6:00 PM CASFS Farm & GardenDecolonizing Foodways Symposium and 6:15-9:30 PM Cowell Ranch Hay BarnDinner – Keynote Speaker and Chefs

Introduction to Decolonial Theory 6:15-6:30 PMCatriona Rueda Esquibel, Associate Professor of Race and Resistance Studies, San Francisco State University

Decolonizing Foodways Panel 6:30-7:30 PMCatriona Esquibel, Moderator; Ron Reed, Co-Founder, Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative; Cultural Biologist, Karuk Tribe, and Gail Myers, Agri-Cultural Anthropologist and Co-Founder of non-profit Farms to Grow, Inc.

Decolonizing Foodways Dinner 7:30-9:30 PMSariwa! and People’s Kitchen Collective Chefs Aileen Suzara, Cultural Foods Educator and Founder of Sariwa! – https://www.facebook.com/Sariwa-151959265143800/

Saqib Keval, Jocelyn Jackson, and Sita Bhaumik, People’s Kitchen Collective – http://www.peopleskitchen510.org/


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SATURDAY, JULY 30: Getting Technical – Pre-Prepared Presentations and Field Trip Case StudyBreakfast for on-campus participants 7:00 AM Cowell/Stevenson College Dining HallBreakfast for commuters 7:30 AM Cowell/Stevenson College Dining HallPre-Prepared Presentations 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson and Cowell Colleges

SESSION ONE (concurrent) 8:30-9:30 AM (assigned rooms, see below)

♦ Leah Atwood, Program Director for Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) Program Cowell CLS 223Experiential Training and Social Learning for Beginning Farmers: Apprenticeship, Mentorship, Exchange, and Online Curriculum

♦ Sarah Berquist, Agriculture Educator, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Cowell LibraryUsing Contemplative, Transformative, and Systems Thinking Pedagogies to Explore Injustice in Sustainable Food and Farming

♦ Robina Bhatti, Professor, Global Studies Department, California State University, Monterey Bay Stevenson FiresideLinking social sciences and biophysical science through a ‘From College to Farm’ model

♦ Saskia Cornes, Farm and Program Manager, Duke Campus Farm Stevenson FiresideEducating for the Anthropocene: Transdisciplinary Work and the Campus Farm

♦ Sarah Cramer, Agricultural Education and Leadership, University of Missouri Cowell CLS 216Tigers for Community Agriculture: Successes and Challenges in a Sustainable Ag Education Student Organization at University of Missouri

♦ Rosalie Fanshel, Program Manager, Berkeley Food Institute, UC Berkeley Stevenson Event CenterBuilding Equitable, Inclusive, and Diverse Food Systems on College Campuses: Lessons from the UC Berkeley

♦ Zachary Grant, Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator, University of Illinois Extension, Cook County Cowell CLS 113Farm City! Extension’s New Role in Urban/Peri-Urban Farmer Training, Business Incubation, and Technical Support

♦ Margaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network and Elizabeth Henderson, NE Organic Farming Association, New York Cowell Community Rm. 121Two farmworker-led marketplace initiatives ensuring labor rights and environmental stewardship

♦ MA’O Organic Farms and Albie Miles, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawaii Stevenson LibraryAfter the Plantations: Restoring Ancestral Abundance Through the MA’O Organic Farms Youth Leadership Training Program and the Bachelor of Applied Science in Sustainable Community Food Systems at University of Hawai‘i – West Oahu

♦ Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, Agroecology Program Coordinator and Assistant Director of Educational Programs, CEFS Cowell CLS 134A Participatory Design and Student Focused Approach to Developing a Community Food Security Course Across Two Universities

♦ Maggie La Rochelle, Putah Creek Cafe Garden Manager, Winters, CA Cowell CLS 131Re-rooting: Learning Relationships at the UC Davis Student Farm

♦ Stu Shafer, Professor of Sociology and Chair, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Johnson County Community College Cowell CLS 131Organizing and Managing Entry Level Students in Sustainable Market Farming on a Campus Farm

♦ Lilly Shapiro, Sustainable Food Systems Initiative Coordinator, University of Michigan Stevenson CLS 150Community Academic Partnerships in Food Systems Education

♦ Andrew Shensky, U-ACRE Fellow, California State University, Fullerton Stevenson CLS 150Expanding Food Systems Literacy through Community-based Research

♦ Will Valley, Academic Director, Land, Food, and Community Series, University of British Columbia, Musqueam Territory Stevenson SilvermanArticulating and Exploring a Signature Pedagogy for Sustainable Food System Education Programs

SESSION TWO (concurrent) 9:45-10:45 AM

♦ Josh Beniston, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Santa Rosa Junior College Cowell CLS 113Developing Education and Career Pathways in Sustainable Agriculture Education

♦ Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, UNL East Campus Cowell CLS 113Ramping up Agroforestry: How to Use a Train-the-Trainer Model for technical Service Provider Education

♦ JoHannah Biang, Agriculture Specialist, Horticulture Department, University of Georgia Cowell CLS 216UGArden: Integrating a Student-Run Organic Farm into the Athens Community

♦ David Conner, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, University of Vermont Cowell CLS 223Service-learning Partnerships for Food-based Entrepreneurship Education

♦ Carol Hillhouse, School Garden Program Director and Ecological Garden Coordinator at UC Davis Student Farm Cowell Community Rm. 121Putting Student Farms to Use for School Field Trip Programs that Grow Food Systems Understanding

♦ INFAS (Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture and Sustainability – http://asi.ucdavis.edu/networks/infas Stevenson LibraryBuilding Social Equity into Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture

♦ Matt Mariola, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Wooster College Cowell CLS 134Best Practices for Integrating a Campus Garden into a Small College Campus

♦ Katie Monsen, Lecturer, Environmental Studies Department, UC Santa Cruz Cowell CLS 134Building a Student Leadership Program: Improving Production Management

♦ Jan Perez, Associate Specialist Social Science, Research and Education, CASFS, UC Santa Cruz Stevenson FiresideAssessing Learning Outcomes of Undergraduate Students and Beginning Farmers in Production Agriculture Education

♦ Beth Dixon, Professor, Department of Philosophy, SUNY College at Plattsburg Cowell LibraryHungry Women: Telling Stories About Misfortune, Responsibility, and Justice

♦ Carrie James, M.Sc. Candidate, Integrated Studies in Land & Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Musqueam Territory Cowell LibraryCommunity Engagement Towards Food Security: Undergraduate Impacts

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SATURDAY, JULY 30: Getting Technical – Pre-Prepared Presentations and Field Trip Case StudySESSION TWO (concurrent, contined) 9:45-10:45 AM

♦ Leslie Pillen, Sustainable Student Farm Design Coordinator, Department of Plant Science, Penn State University Stevenson SilvermanSustaining the Buzz: Growing Student Involvement on Student Farms

♦ Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, Agroecology Program Coordinator and Assistant Director of Educational Programs, CEFS Cowell CLS 131Opportunities and Partnerships Integrating Education and Production on Student Farms

♦ Alexandra Stone, Associate Professor, Vegetable Cropping Systems Specialist, Oregon State University Stevenson CLS 150Utilizing Data-Rich Farm System Descriptions (Case Studies)

♦ Ann Thrupp, Executive Director, Berkeley Food Institute, UC Berkeley Stevenson Event CenterLessons Learned from UC Experiential Learning Programs in Food Systems: Empowerment Opportunities and Challenges

SESSION THREE (concurrent) 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

♦ Christof Bernau and Diane Nichols, Apprenticeship Program Staff, CASFS, UC Santa Cruz – Chadwick Garden The Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture: Lessons from 50 Years of Experiential and Hands-on Training in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems Education

♦ Kathleen Ayers, M.S. Candidate, Horticulture Department, Penn State University Cowell CLS 216Creating and Maintaining Community Gardens

♦ Daniela Dutra Elliott, Ph.D, University of Hawai’i, Leeward Community College and Cowell CLS 223 Jay Bost, M.Sc., University of Hawai’i, Farm Coach at GoFarm Hawai’i Ingraining On-Farm Experimentation through Variety Trials and Participatory Selection/Breeding

♦ Kevin Cody, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Northern Colorado Cowell Community Rm. 121An Island of Organic Produce in a Sea of Conventional Corn: Ruminations from a New Student Farm on the Western Plains

♦ Julie Cotton, Program Coord./Instructor for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (SAFS) and Cowell CLS 134 Ecological Food & Farming Systems (EFFS) Conflict or Interest? Including Conventional Agriculture Perspectives

♦ Meredith Epstein, Lecturer/Adivsor for Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Business Management, University of Maryland Cowell CLS 131The University of Maryland Terp Farm: Delivering the Land Grant Mission While Feeding our Campus

♦ Aaron Fox, Assistant Professor, Plant Science, Cal Poly, Pomona Stevenson SilvermanTeaching Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges

♦ Ryan Galt, Associate Professor, Agricultural Sustainability and Society, UC Davis Stevenson Event CenterThe Power of Reflection for Transformative Food Systems Learning

♦ Alyssa Gurklis, Communications and Outreach Intern, Penn State Student Farm, Penn State University Stevenson Event CenterCultivating Food Systems Engagement through a Collaborative, Community-based Cooking Program

♦ Mara Gittleman, Farm Education Manager, KCC Urban Farm, Kingsborough Community College Cowell CLS 113“Intro to Food Systems” Workshop Lesson Plan

♦ UC GFI Students, Staff and Faculty, and Kati Greaney, Coordinator, Student-produced Experiential Stevenson CLS 150 Learning Video Project at UC Global Food Initiative, UC Santa CruzEngaging Experiential Learning in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems through Video Production and Media

♦ Mark Lipson, Research Associate, Organic Agriculture Policy Studies, CASFS, UC Santa Cruz Stevenson FiresidePublic Policy In and For Sustainable Agriculture Education

♦ Mary Rogers, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota Cowell LibraryAddressing the Role of Racism in the Food System in the Undergraduate Classrooms

♦ Annie Shattuck, Ph.D. Candidate UC Berkeley, Research Fellow, Food First Stevenson LibrarySkills for Social Change: Organizing and Storytelling in Teaching and Research

Poster Presentations 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Event Center

♦ Leonardo Bohn, B.S., Universidade Federal Rural Do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Agroecology Instructor, Refúgio do Lajeado Farm (Brazil)Refúgio do Lajeado Farm as a Center for Sustainable Agriculture Education and Rural Development in Maquiné/RS, Brazil

♦ Jay Bost, M.Sc., University of Hawai’i, Farm Coach at GoFarm Hawai’iNew Farm Development: GoFarm Hawai’i

♦ Don Comer, Research Technician, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State UniversityCultivating Farmers and Food Security in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

♦ Kristin Mercer, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State UniversityUrban University Farms: Opportunities for Community Engagement

♦ David Mortensen, Professor, Weed and Applied Plant Ecology, Penn State UniversityA Sustainable Food Systems Program is Born

♦ Julie Razryadov, Ph.D. student, Horticulture, Penn State University, Center for Sustainability Community Garden Pollinator Garden: Creating Multifunctional Space on Campus

♦ Alexandra Stone, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State UniversityPersephone Farm System Description and Analyses

♦ Lina Yamashita, Ph.D. Student, School of Education, University of California, DavisMaking Visible the People Who Feed Us: Critical Food Literacy through Multicultural Texts

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SUNDAY, JULY 31: Skill-Based Workshops and Group Project Work (concurrent)

Breakfast for on-campus participants 7:00 AM Cowell/Stevenson College DiningBreakfast for commuters 7:30 AM Cowell/Stevenson College DiningWorkshops and Group Projects (concurrent) 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Cowell/Stevenson and UCSC Farm

♦ Adam Calo, Ph.D. student, UC Berkeley 8:00-9:45 AM Cowell CLS 216 Environmental Science, Policy & Management Mapping Tools for Farmland Access: Combining Public Records and Local Knowledge

♦ CASFS Apprenticeship Train-the-Trainer 8:30 AM-12:00 PM See locations below: Demonstration Activities ¡ Darryl Wong, Hands-On Teaching Tractor Cultivation 8:30-9:30 AM CASFS Packing Shed (Field)

and Weed Management¡ Christof Bernau and Kellee Matsushita, 9:45-10:45 AM CASFS Veggie Shed (Farm Garden)

Integrating Horticulture and Social Justice ¡ Jane Kuhn, Hands-On Irrigation at UCSC Farm & Garden 11:00-11:45 AM CASFS Packing Shed (Field)¡ Albie Miles, Using the UCSC CASFS Training Manuals: 11:45 AM-12:00 PM CASFS Packing Shed (Field)

Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening and Teaching Direct Marketing

♦ Rex Dufour, Western Regional Office Director, 8:30-9:45 AM Stevenson Silverman NCAT (National Center for Appropriate Technology) How to Better Understand Farmers’ Thinking About Soil Management to Encourage Investment in the Soil

♦ Monika Egerer, Ph.D. Student, Environmental Studies, 8:30-9:45 Stevenson Silverman & Chadwick Garden (ENVS) and Hamutahl Cohen, Graduate Student, ENVS and Elissa Olimpi, UC Santa Cruz Designing inquiry activities in agricultural education

♦ John Fisher, Outreach Director, LIfe Lab UCSC 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Life Lab Trailer Engaging Undergraduates in Farm and Garden Education for Children and Youth

SATURDAY, JULY 30: Getting Technical – Pre-Prepared Presentations and Field Trip Case StudyField Trips (concurrent) 12:00-5:00 PM Cowell Circle

BOXED LUNCH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CONFERENCE ATTENDEES AND FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS PRIOR TO BOARDING CHARTER BUSES

ALBA (Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association) Salinas Valley, CA www.albafarmers.org ALBA, a non-profit farm education and business incubator program, hosts the Programa Educativo para Pequenos Agricultores (PEPA), a 9-month program with instruction and field-based training for farm workers to learn how to establish small organic farm businesses, and the Organic Farm Incubator (OFI), in which PEPA graduates start their second year of the program, gaining affordable access to land, equipment, and technical assistance over 4 years. ALBA Organics, a social enterprise food hub within the larger non-profit, markets the farmers’ organic strawberries and vegetables commercially.

O’Donahue Family Stanford Educational Farm Palo Alto, CA https://earth.stanford.edu/farm/A six-acre urban teaching farm at Stanford University features pilot project for U-pick CSA, environmental education program for local fifth graders, and a living laboratory for sustainable agriculture.

Pie Ranch Pescadero, CA http://www.pieranch.org/ Pie Ranch is an organic farm and nonprofit education center focused on food education, farmer training, and regional partnerships. On its combined 87 acres, it hosts the Emerging Farmers Program in organic farming and animal husbandry, and a 60-member CSA that engages large organizations and universities with the goal of establishing such programs with our partner school districts.

Swanton Pacific Ranch Davenport, CA www.spranch.calpoly.edu Swanton Pacific Ranch is a 3,200-acre Ranch owned by Cal Poly State University and managed by its College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences. The Ranch hosts production of certified natural and grass-fed beef, certified organic herbs and row crops, “U-pick” organic apples, certified sustainable forests, salmon and wildlife research. The field trip includes a ride on the historic Swanton Pacific Railroad miniature (1/3 scale) steam train.

CASFS Farm Tour – Guided 5:15-6:15 PM CASFS Farm & Garden

Real Food Challenge Dinner 6:30-8:30 PM Cowell Ranch Hay BarnUCSC Food Systems Working Group, Real Food Challenge, and GFI Food Security Introduction 6:30-7:00 PM

UC Catering Dinner 7:00-8:30 PM

Music and Dancing – Blazeen (Reggae) 8:30-10:30 PM Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

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SUNDAY, JULY 31: Skill-Based Workshops and Group Project Work (concurrent)

♦ INFAS Meeting 8:00-10:00 AM Stevenson Fireside

♦ SAEA Steering Committee Meeting 8:00-10:00 AM Stevenson Community Room

♦ MA’O Organic Farms Youth Leadership Training Program 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Event Center and Higher Education for Food System Change in Hawaii: Gary and Kukui Maunakea-Forth, Kamuela Enos, Kaui Sana, Neil Hannahs, Albie Miles, and Monique Mironesco

♦ Sarick Matzen, Ph.D. Student at Pallud Lab, 8:30-9:30 AM Cowell CLS 131 Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley Can training programs help urban farmers deal with soil contamination?

♦ Emily McGinty, Assistant Program Manager, 8:30-10:45 AM Cowell Library Duke Campus Farm, Duke University Beyond the Field Trip: A Workshop to Build Stronger Connections Between Academics and Practitioners

♦ Jessy Beckett Parr, Foundation Program Manager, 8:30-9:45 AM Cowell CLS 113 CCOF, and Evan Wiig, Executive Director, Farmer’s Guild Building a Farmer Educator Network

♦ Courtney Peetz, Chair, Evergreen Food Systems 9:45-10:45 AM Cowell Community Rm. 121 Working Group, Evergreen State College, Real Food Challenge (Campus Representative) Where to Start? Student- Led, Community Engaged Efforts to Effect Change in a Campus Food System

♦ Stephanie Yee, Real Food Challenge Rep 10:45 AM-12 PM Cowell Community Rm. 121 and Educational Workshop Coordinator, CSUMB, and Hannah Weinronk, Real Food Challenge Rep, UMass Students’ Role in Fundamentally Transforming the Food System

♦ Mark Lipson, Research Associate, Organic 9:45 AM-12:00 PM Cowell CLS 131 Agriculture Policy Studies, CASFS, UC Santa Cruz Sustainable Agriculture Policy Education: Goals, Resources, and Needs Assessment for SAEA

♦ Jan Perez, Assoc. Specialist Social Science, 9:45 AM-12:00 PM Cowell CLS 113 Research and Education, CASFS, UC Santa Cruz, and Megan Fehrman, Education Director, Rogue Farm Corps Learning Assessments and Program Evaluation of Educational Outcomes for Beginning Farmer Programs

♦ Mark Van Horn, Director, Student Farm, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Library UC Davis, and Maggie La Rochelle, Program Representative, UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Office, and Carol Hillhouse, Director, Children’s Garden, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis Student Leadership Development on a Student Farm: An Experiential Workshop and Discussion

♦ Sarah Williams, Ph.D., Faculty, and 9:45-10:45 AM Stevenson Silverman Martha Rosemeyer, Agricultural Ecology, Food Systems, Evergreen State College Ecologies of Terroir: Engaging Taste for a Just and Sustainable Agriculture

♦ Joanna Ory, Reserach Program Associate, 11 AM-12:00 PM Stevenson Silverman Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) Educational and research needs of organic farmers

Lunch 12:00-1:15 PM Cowell/Stevenson College DiningClosing remarks 1:30-2:00 PM Cowell/Stevenson Courtyard


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FRIDAY, JULY 29 – KEYNOTE PANEL 10:00-11:30 AM Ricardo Salvador, Director and Senior Scientist, Food and Environment Program, Stevenson Event Center Union of Concerned ScientistsAs the senior scientist and director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, Dr. Ricardo Salvador works with citizens, scientists, economists, and politicians to transition our current food system into one that grows healthy foods while employing sustainability and socially equitable practices. Before coming to UCS, Dr. Salvador served as a program officer for food, health, and well-being with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Prior to that, he was an associate professor of agronomy at Iowa State University. While at ISU, Dr. Salvador taught the first course in sustainable agriculture at a land-grant university, and his graduate students conducted some of the original academic research on community supported agriculture. He also worked with students to establish ISU’s student-operated organic farm, and with other faculty to develop the nation’s first sustainable agriculture graduate program in 2000. Dr. Salvador was named a 2013 NBC Latino Innovator and received the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award in 2014. He earned a B.S. in agricultural science from New Mexico State University. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in crop production and physiology from Iowa State University.

Luz Calvo, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Cal State East Bay Luz is a professor of Ethnic Studies at Cal State East Bay and co-author of Decolonize Your Diet: Mexican-American, Plant-Based Recipes for Health and Healing (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015). Luz holds a master’s degree in Political Science from UCLA and a Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness from UC Santa Cruz. Luz and their partner Catriona Rueda Esquibel began to research Latinx community health and ancestral foods after Luz was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. In their work, they developed a critique of mainstream Slow Food/Food Justice movements, which too often fail to contextualize food justice in relation to colonial power and white supremacy. Luz and Catriona argue for the need to situate discussions of food in relation to decolonization, an honoring of indigenous knowledge, and a critique of food-for-profit systems.

Kamuela Joseph Nui Enos, M.A., Director of Social Enterprise at MA’O Organic Farms Kamuela was born and raised in Waianae, Hawai’i. He received both his B.A. in Hawaiian Studies and his M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He was recently a commissioner on President Obama’s White House Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islanders. Mr. Enos is currently the Director of Social Enterprise at MA’O Organic Farms, a 23-acre certified organic farm located in Lualualei Valley in Wai’anae, Hawai’i. MA’O is a social enterprise that trains new farmers and community leaders by having them co-manage the production, processing, marketing and distribution of over two tons of high quality organic fruits and vegetables each week.The goal of MA’O Organic Farms is to restore ancestral abundance – to empower the community, especially youth, with catalytic educational and entrepreneurial opportunities that are rooted in ancestral knowledge and that will nurture a sustainable, resilient and just 21st century Hawai’i.

Julie Grossman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Horticulture Science Dept., University of Minnesota Julie is faculty in the Department of Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota (UMN) where her research investigates the role of microbially-driven soil processes in creating sustainable food systems. She holds an M.S. in Soil Science and Ph.D. in Agronomy and Plant Genetics from the University of Minnesota, and was an NSF Post-doctoral Fellow at Cornell University and the Soil Science faculty at North Carolina State University prior to returning to Minnesota in 2014. Julie has a passion for progressive teaching and learning in sustainable agriculture, and is a former Chair of the SAEA. Central to Julie’s teaching toolbox are pedagogical strategies that help students collectively address public needs while developing disciplinary competency and skills. She teaches the capstone course for the UMN undergraduate Food Systems major, emphasizing student learning through community-engaged experiences with Twin Cities food and farm advocacy organizations, as well as an introductory organic management course.

Andrew K. Baskin, B.Sc., Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, McNair Scholar, University of California, DavisServing as Student Representative on SAEA’s Steering Council and the External Advisory Board of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, Andrew pioneered original research as a McNair Scholar with departmental honors while earning his B.S. in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. The UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Circle along with USDA-NIFA have awarded Baskin funding to speak at conferences nationwide (UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Harvard, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, etc.) Painfully aware that our institutions of higher education perpetuate systemic oppression, Baskin gratefully acknowledges his privilege to access these networks and work to bridge this divide. By prioritizing solutions-focused leverage points for systemic change that elevate collective health, justice and sustainability in the dimensions of agroecology, food systems, and cooperative economics, Baskin cultivates a praxis of values-based systems thinking rooted in the pursuit of economic autonomy and cultural healing.

Emilia Cordero Oceguera, M.A., Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley Emilia is currently a farming apprentice at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Farming Systems (CASFS) in the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her farming experience comes from working in the “Granja Mollesnejta”, an agroforestry farm in the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia and in “Las Cañadas,” an agroecological cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico. She has an MA degree in Latin American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research there allowed her to work with and learn from three different agroecological initiatives in the highlands of Ecuador. As part of the People of Color Network and the Social Justice Forum at CASFS she looks forward to contribute in making the apprenticeship a space where the social reality of food production and the importance of environmental resilience come together to create a empowering learning experience for people of color.

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FRIDAY, JULY 29 – DECOLONIZING FOODWAYS SYMPOSIUM 6:15-9:30 PM Keynote Panel Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

Catriona Rueda Esquibel, Associate Professor of Race and Resistance Studies, San Francisco State UniversityCatriona is Associate Professor in Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. Her family is from northern New Mexico, from Los Angeles, and from Sonora, Mexico. Dr. Esquibel lives in Oakland with her partner Luz Calvo, and together they have written Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing, as well as several articles on queer Chicano cultural studies and reclaiming heritage foods.

Ron Reed, Co-Founder, Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative; Cultural Biologist, Karuk TribeRon is a Karuk Tribal member, spiritual leader, and traditional Karuk dipnet fisherman. He works for the Karuk Tribe of California’s Department of Natural Resources as their Cultural Biologist. In his role, Ron develops plans for eco-cultural revitalization, leads youth cultural education camps, and fosters collaborative research at the nexus of traditional ecological knowledge and Western science. Ron plays a critical role in increasing public awareness about the impacts of colonization on the spiritual and physical health of his people and on the ecological integrity of Karuk ancestral lands. In this capacity, he co-founded the Karuk-UC Berkeley Collaborative, and currently serves on the USDA’s Forestry Resources Advisory Board. His work has been featured in many outlets including National Geographic.

Gail Myers, Agri-Cultural Anthropologist and Co-Founder of non-profit Farms to Grow, Inc.Gail is an Agri-Cultural Anthropologist. For the last eighteen years she has researched, lectured, taught, written about, and recently filmed 30 stories of African American farmers, sharecroppers, gardeners, and a basket weaver. Dr. Myers received her BA from Florida State University, MA from Georgia State University, and PhD from The Ohio State University. She has taught for The Ohio State University, San Francisco Art Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine’s MPH Program, Morehouse College, and Denison College. In 2004, Dr. Myers co-founded the non-profit Farms to Grow, Inc., which assists Black farmers to maintain and grow their farms. In 2013, Farms to Grow, Inc. initiated the Freedom Farmers Market in Oakland. Dr. Myers has authored several articles including “Decolonizing a Food System: The Freedom Farmers Market as Resistance and Analysis” in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Decolonizing Foodways Dinner and Chefs – Sariwa! and People’s Kitchen CollectiveAileen Suzara, Cultural Foods Educator and Founder of Sariwa! – https://www.facebook.com/Sariwa-151959265143800/Culture is essential to health. Sparked by the rise of chronic disease faced by communities of color, Aileen Suzara launched Sariwa (“fresh” in Tagalog) to explore the potential of traditional foodways to heal the land and people. Her influences span family and diaspora roots, culinary arts, public health, and lessons from the soil as a CASFS alumna. Sariwa celebrates the rich traditions of food stories and ecological heritage, preparing and sharing fresh Filipino American cuisine. Follow on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1TZXKEc, and blog www.kitchenkwento.com

Saqib Keval, Jocelyn Jackson, and Sita Bhaumik, People’s Kitchen Collective – http://www.peopleskitchen510.org/The People’s Kitchen Collective works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, their creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of collective members Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, and Saqib Keval. Written in their family’s recipes are the maps of their migrations and the stories of their resilience. It is from this foundation that they create immersive experiences that celebrate centuries of shared struggle. At PKC meals, people experience a sensory celebration with cooks, musicians, farmers, visual artists, performers, healers, and storytellers. The PKC currently offers a Free Breakfast Program inspired by the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, sliding scale Diaspora Dinners, and works with organizations such as the Smithsonian, Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD), and Oakland Museum of California to produce political education projects. The goal of the People’s Kitchen Collective is to not only fill our stomachs, but also nourish our souls, feed our minds, and fuel a movement.

SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION ONE (concurrent) 8:30-9:30 AM¡ Experiential Training and Social Learning for Beginning Farmers: Apprenticeship, Mentorship, Cowell CLS 223

Exchange, and Online CurriculumLeah Atwood and Natalia Pinzón, Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) Program, Megan Fehrman, Rogue Farm Corps and Brent Walker, Planting JusticeWe will explore how beginning farmer training models including apprenticeships, mentorship, and farmer-to-farmer exchange can advance food justice, on-farm experimentation, popular education, and community resilience. Presenters will share experiences and evaluate educational tools associated with experiential training, classroom learning and online curriculum. Topics will cover balancing production and education demands, learning resources that interweave ecological, socio-political and economic dimensions, agroecology and food sovereignty curricula, mentorship tools, and legal considerations associated with on-farm training.

¡ Using Contemplative, Transformative, and Systems Thinking Pedagogies to Explore Injustice in Cowell Library Sustainable Food and FarmingSarah Berquist and John Gerber, Sustainable Food & Farming, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, UMass AmherstParticipants will learn, practice, and share examples of contemplative, transformative pedagogies and systems thinking tools to address injustices present in our food system. Using contemplative practices (centering breath, mindful stretch, etc.) in combination with tools in systems thinking (iceberg model, mindmap, etc.) facilitates a deeper awareness of values and inquiry to unpack injustices such as: access to food, racism, classism, and poverty. To close, we will discuss expanding these practices beyond universities into local communities.



SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION ONE (concurrent) 8:30-9:30 AM¡ Linking social sciences and biophysical science through ‘From College to Farm’ model Stevenson Fireside

Robina Bhatti, Global Studies Department, California State University, Monterey BayThis presentation is to share and exchange experiences and knowledge that links social sciences and biophysical practices when bringing ‘college to farm’. I examine pedagogy of experiential learning, reflect on sustainability principles, and share how to create projects that help students acquire knowledge and skills in the classroom and farm while engaging education action research. The Global Ecology course I teach at CSU, Monterey, has led to a research project on ‘Mapping Organic Monterey’ where all aspects of organic agriculture in the county is being studied.

¡ Educating for the Anthropocene: Transdisciplinary Work and the Campus Farm Stevenson FiresideSaskia Cornes, Duke Campus Farm, Duke UniversityIn this session, I share notes from the field at Duke Campus Farm, and a lens from the biophysical sciences, Critical Zone science, that be-came the shared vocabulary between the “hard” sciences and the social sciences and liberal arts. A co-developed course, “Environment in Literature, Law and Science” brought into consideration how different disciplines conceptualized “the environment,” and what impacts these concepts and definitions had on a particular piece of ground. This framework suggests one possible starting point for conversation between the sciences and the liberal and vocational arts.

¡ Tigers for Community Agriculture: Successes and Challenges in a Sustainable Agriculture Cowell CLS 216 Education Student Organization at the University of MissouriSarah Cramer, Univ. of Missouri Dept. of Ag Education and Leadership, Leslie Touzeau, Univ. of Missouri Jefferson Farm and GardenTigers for Community Agriculture (TCA) is an organization at the University of Missouri, which provides students with hands-on education in sustainable fruit and vegetable production. Throughout its history TCA has struggled with mission, identity, and member retention. An action research case study was conducted to investigate these issues and propose solutions. The research raised as many questions as it answered concerning on-farm educational best practices, and sustainable agriculture education at a large Midwestern land grant.

¡ Building Equitable, Inclusive, and Diverse Food Systems on College Campuses: Stevenson Event Center Lessons from the University of California, Berkeley Rosalie Fanshel, Berkeley Food Institute, Ruben E. Canedo, Melina Packer, Kara Young, UC BerkeleyLeaders from the project “Building Equitable and Inclusive Food Systems at UC Berkeley” will share project efforts and accomplishments, and conduct a “train the trainers” session in which participants will examine what an equitable, inclusive, and diverse food system might look like on their respective college campuses and in their organizations, as well as learn practical tools and strategies to start moving towards these visions.

¡ Farm City! Extension’s New Role in Urban/Peri-Urban Farmer Training, Business Incubation, Cowell CLS 113 and Technical SupportZachary Grant, University of Illinois Extension, Cook CountyUniversity of Illinois Extension Local Foods Systems and Small Farms Educator Zachary Grant shares his efforts to bridge this gap with non-traditional and new growers in Cook County, the second largest urban/peri-urban county in the United States. Grant will examine Cooperative Extension’s current and historical role in providing outreach to urban farming typologies, as well his detailed approach to bringing modern and relevant programming to a burgeoning urban ag scene.

¡ Two Farmworker-led Marketplace Initiatives Ensuring Labor Rights and Cowell Community Rm 121 Environmental StewardshipMargaret Reeves, Pesticide Action Network and Elizabeth Henderson, NE Organic Farming Association, New YorkThe Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) and the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) are complementary multi-stakeholder initiatives offering verifiable production standards and workforce development for the fresh produce industry. Farmworker empowerment lies at the core, recognizing that respected, well-trained and well-compensated farmworkers are essential for producing the highest quality produce. The shared commitment among partners — from farmworkers and consumer advocates to growers and buyers — sets these initiatives apart in a marketplace replete with claims of social and environmental sustainability.

¡ After the Plantations: Restoring Ancestral Abundance Through the MA’O Organic Farms Stevenson Library Youth Leadership Training Program and the Bachelor of Applied Science in Sustainable Community Food Systems at University of Hawai‘i – West OahuMA’O Organic Farms and Albie Miles, Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawai’i, Kamuela Enos, Kaui Sana, Kukui Maunakea-Forth, Gary Maunakea-Forth, Monique Mironseco This panel discussion will present a brief history of pre-contact food and farming systems of Hawaii, colonial dispossession of indigenous Hawaiians from their land and water resources for sugar production, and its ecological and social impacts. The panel will focus on how scholars in the UH system are working in collaboration with a range of Native Hawaiian serving NGOs to create innovative and empower-ing programming – the BAS-SCFS – aimed at food system change.

¡ A Participatory Design and Student Focused Approach to Developing a Cowell CLS 134 Community Food Security Course Across Two UniversitiesMichelle Schroeder-Moreno, Kim Niewolny, and Rebecca Landis, North Carolina State UniversityThe goal of this presentation is to highlight the participatory design process and development of a graduate-level community food securi-ty course across two universities, Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University. as part of the Appalachian Foodshed Project. We will share pedagogical research design and methods, the Food Security and Resilient Community course (taught at Virginia Tech in spring 2015) content, learning outcomes, community engagement experiences, and student evaluations.

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SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION ONE (concurrent) 8:30-9:30 AM¡ Re-rooting: Learning Relationships at the UC Davis Student Farm Cowell CLS 131

Maggie La Rochelle, Mark Van Horn and Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis Student FarmThis session will share key findings from my doctoral dissertation – an ethnography of learning relationships at the UC Davis Student Farm. I offer research findings with respect to learner motivation and holism, the work to address and rectify social contradictions that come up in the space in order to achieve more inclusive learning and leadership opportunities for different student farmers, and how staff educators and student leaders are working together to develop more shared power in program decision-making and development.

¡ Organizing and Managing Entry Level Students in Sustainable Market Farming on a Campus Farm Cowell CLS 131Stu Shafer, Sustainable Agriculture, Johnson County Community College, Claire Zimmerman, JCCCA set of protocols and a schedule for students on the campus farm organizes work for the practicum class, core component of the JCCC Sustainable Agriculture Program. Open Petal Farm, 3 acres on the suburban campus, participates in a Farmers Market, a CSA and on-campus sales. Organization of students in rotating tasks helps them master competencies involved in operating an organic market farm, and provides opportunities to learn from and teach their peers.

¡ Community Academic Partnerships in Food Systems Education Stevenson CLS 150Lilly Shapiro, University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Emily Canosa, UMass, Jennifer Blesh, UM, Christine Rickard, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment This discussion of community-academic partnerships in food systems education will be facilitated by representatives from the University of Michigan (UM) Sustainable Food Systems Initiative and UM Sustainable Food Program. We will examine various strategies for partner-ships including student projects with local organizations, guest speakers in food systems courses, and community based participatory research. Participants will compile strategies for community-academic partnerships that can support the growth of an equitable, diverse, and sustainable food system.

¡ Expanding Food Systems Literacy through Community-based Research Stevenson CLS 150Andrew Shensky, California State University, FullertonFood systems education is a topic that is often overlooked at non-agricultural universities and educational institutions. The U-ACRE Program at California State University, Fullerton connects university students with community partners focusing on issues related to local sustainable agriculture, food systems literacy, and food security. Working within a community setting allows students to gain agricultural and food related experience that would otherwise not be available at non-agricultural universities.

¡ Articulating and Exploring a Signature Pedagogy for Sustainable Stevenson Silverman Food System Education ProgramsWill Valley, University of British Columbia, Hannah Wittman, UBC, Ryan Galt, UC Davis, Selena Ahmed, Montana State UniversitySustainable Food System Education (SFSE) programs have a common goal: to support students in developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively address complex challenges in the food system. As educators in SFSE programs, we reflect on common pedagogical themes in our SFSE programs and relate them to themes evident in the SFSE literature. We propose a signature pedagogy for SFSE programs, focusing on systems thinking, inter- and trans-disciplinarity, experiential learning, and collective action projects.

SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION TWO (concurrent) 9:45-10:45 AM¡ Developing education and career pathways in sustainable agriculture education Cowell CLS 113

Josh Beniston, Sustainable Ag. Program, Santa Rosa Junior College and Leonard Diggs, Shone Farm ManagerSanta Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is a premier community college in California with a highly recognized agriculture program. Students receive hands-on training in sustainable agriculture at its 365-acre Shone Farm. SRJC is committed to promoting access and student success in pursuing careers in sustainable agriculture, viticulture, animal sciences and agribusiness. This presentation will describe our career technical education programs and pathways for students to advance from high schools to SRJC and transfer to 4-year programs.

¡ Ramping up agroforestry: How to use a train-the-trainer model for technical provider education Cowell CLS 113Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, UNL East Campus Agroforestry intentionally combines agriculture and forestry to create integrated and sustainable land use systems. However, many farmers, forest landowners, and natural resource professionals are not familiar with agroforestry. Since 2013, USDA National Agroforestry Center and its partners have conducted 3- to 5-day agroforestry training courses to increase the number people who can provide agroforestry assistance to landowners. This session will explore training courses that strive to simultaneously educate and build networks among adult learners.

¡ UGArden: Integrating a student-run organic farm into the Athens community Cowell CLS 216JoHannah Biang, Horticulture Department, University of Georgia This session will describe the focus and goals of UGArden, a student-run organic farm, on producing food for families in need. The UGArden resides in one of the poorest communities in the country. When UGArden was created, it partnered with community organizations and UGA organizations to focus on hunger-relief issues. While learning to grow food through internships, classes, and volunteering, students directly impact their community by providing locally grown organic food through a variety of creative outreach programs.

¡ Service-learning Partnerships for Food-based Entrepreneurship Education Cowell CLS 223David Conner, University of Vermont

This session will present lessons learned and best practices for creating and utilizing partnership with for-profit community partners in entrepreneurship education service-learning classes. We will present on ongoing research and classroom evaluation of efforts to foster mutually beneficial partnerships.


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SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION TWO (concurrent) 9:45-10:45 AM¡ Hungry Women: Telling Stories about Misfortune, Responsibility, and Justice Cowell Library

Beth Dixon, Dept. of Philosophy, S.U.N.Y College at PlattsburgMany hunger relief, non-profit, and international development organizations use stories to profile individual people who are food insecure. But the stories we tell about who is hungry and why also shape our responses to food insecurity by implying what kinds of solutions are appropriate. This presentation explores a complex tangle of moral concepts that characterize narratives about hungry women, in particular: agency, accidental bad luck, personal responsibility, deservingness, and justice.

¡ Community Engagement Towards Food Security: Undergraduate Impacts Cowell LibraryCarrie James, Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Musqueam TerritoryIn Canada, much of the activity around addressing problems in the food system is focused on building community food security, which emphasizes community self-reliance. At the University of British Columbia, undergraduate students in a required Land and Food Systems course collaborate with community partners (i.e. farmers, non-profit organizations, government agencies and other community members) on projects related to food security. I will present preliminary findings from my MSc thesis investigating the impacts of these projects.

¡ Putting Student Farms to Use for School Field Trip Programs that Grow Cowell Community Room 121 Food Systems Understanding Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis, and John Fisher, Life Lab Science Program at UCSCUCD and UCSC educators will describe successful student-led farm and garden field trip programs for children. Presentation will cover a) the content and values that garden and farm programs offer for food systems advancement and b) undergraduate training and the knowl-edge gained through involvement. During the final 15 minutes, participants will engage in roundtable discussions to share experience and delve into questions for implementing or improving their own programs. This session complements a 3-hour Sunday workshop.

¡ Building Racial Equity into Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture Stevenson LibraryINFAS (Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture and Sustainability)Five panelists will share multiple perspectives on the challenge of embedded racism in our academies – from student, faculty and administrative points of view. Structural racism is pervasive in society and issues such as cost, recruitment, hiring protocols, “gatekeepers” and social skill sets can all hinder inclusivity in higher education. We will look at dynamics, challenges, opportunities and solutions regarding this complex phenomenon and at the potentially transformative role higher education could play in addressing it.

¡ Best Practices for Integrating a Campus Garden into a Small College Campus Cowell CLS 134Matt Mariola, Environmental Studies, Wooster CollegeCampus gardens have grown in popularity, but they present a unique set of challenges. These include: weed management; balancing garden revenues with costs; training a student labor force; reaching out to student or staff groups interested in being part of the garden; crop selection and rotation to maximize class effectiveness; how to integrate with a campus dining service; etc. The purpose of this session is to discuss pitfalls, lessons learned, and best practices for managing these various challenges.¡

¡ Building a student leadership program: Improving production management Cowell CLS 134Katie Monsen, Ph.D., UCSC Environmental Studies Department, Ryan Duncan, B.A. Environmental Studies/ Agroecology, and Dr. Damian Parr, CASFS, UCSCCASFS student leadership programming includes some students who complete internships becoming paid managers. This allows them to deepen their knowledge while developing mentoring skills. They also increase CASFS staff’s management efficiency, helping other students with little agricultural production experience. Further, by enrolling alongside their peers in hands-on agroecology courses, they enhance the learning environment. Ryan Duncan will present his experience as a student leader. Dr. Monsen will present on this process’s effect on student learning.

¡ Learning Assessments and Program Evaluation of Educational Outcomes for Stevenson Fireside Beginning Farmer ProgramsJan Perez, and Damian Parr, CASFS, UCSC, and Megan Fehrman, Rogue Farm Corps This session will explore the development and use of self-administered learning outcome assessments at the CASFS Farm and Garden. These assessments were created and implemented with agroecology undergraduate students participating in the on-farm internships as well as with the CASFS Apprenticeship cohort. We will describe the experience of developing and/or implementing the assessments. We will review the different assessment forms, discuss the rationale for their development, and provide an overview of implementation.

¡ Sustaining the Buzz: Growing student involvement on student farms Stevenson SilvermanLeslie Pillen, Department of Plant Science, Alyssa Gurklis, Hayly Hoch, Mitch Hunter, Dave Mortensen, Penn State UniversityPrograms focused on sustainable food systems often enjoy initially high levels of engagement. Are these programs themselves sustainable? The goal of this roundtable is to facilitate a discussion of successful strategies for building and sustaining diverse support for student farms and related programs at institutions represented by attendees. We will also share approaches used at Penn State, where we have spent several years building institutional commitment to the vision for a student farm.

¡ Opportunities and Partnerships Integrating Education and Production on Student Farms – Cowell CLS 131 Examples of Two Student Farms in North CarolinaMichelle Schroeder-Moreno, Alison Reeves, Robin Kohanowich, North Carolina State UniversityThis panel will highlight how two North Carolina student farms, the Land Lab at Central Carolina Community College and the Agroecology Education Farm at North Carolina State University have responded to challenges of balancing production and educational goals. Each will share examples of integrating production challenges into student learning and curricula, and novel partnerships with community and campus dining. All participants will discuss the current state of student farms and opportunities to develop collaborative networks.

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SATURDAY, JULY 28 – SESSION TWO (concurrent) 9:45-10:45 AM¡ Utilizing Data-Rich Farm System Descriptions (Case Studies) Stevenson CLS 150

Alexandra Stone, Oregon State University, and Sierra Laverty, OSUWe will discuss Farm System Descriptions (FSDs, detailed, farm-data rich case studies) and Farm System Analyses (analyses of problems described in FSDs), as well as active-learning approaches for using FSDs and FSAs in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Examples of teaching modules draw upon the latest research and resources provided by eOrganic, an organic agriculture educational and extension initiative supported by the Landgrant University system to create educational resources, engage farmers and agricultural professionals, and academics with web-based articles, videos and webinars that integrate practice (farmer)- and science-based information.

¡ Lessons Learned from UC Experiential Learning Programs in Food Systems: Stevenson Event Center Empowerment Opportunities and Challenges Ann Thrupp, Berkeley Food Institute, Damian Parr, UCSC, Kate Kaplan, UCB, Mark Van Horn, UCD, Jennifer Sowerwine, UCCE, and Nicole Wong, UCBSpeakers in this session will briefly summarize central points from the recent comprehensive study of Experiential Learning Programs and Courses (“From the Ground Up”), undertaken collaboratively by UC authors, including practitioners and students involved in building such programs. The interactive session will reveal key findings based on the progress and successes, as well as challenges and barriers to the development and expansion of such programs. We will provide substantial time for participants/audience to contribute insights.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 – SESSION THREE (concurrent) 11 AM-12 PM ¡ The Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture: Lessons from 50 years Chadwick Garden

of Experiential and Hands-on Training in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems EducationAlbie Miles, University of Hawai’i, West Oahu, Diane Nichols and Christof Bernau, CASFS, UCSCThe presentation and tour will provide an overview of the history, development, program content and structure of the nation’s premier organic farming and gardening training program at UCSC’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) that has graduated over 1,500 students – now in its 50th year.

¡ Creating and Maintaining Community Gardens Cowell CLS 216Kathleen Ayers, Horticulture, Penn State University, and Julie Ann RazryadovOver the last decade the food movement flourishes on campuses across the country in the form of students wanting to grow their own food, and student farms providing hands-on experience with sustainable farming methods. With this growth has come many new community gardens and student farms that thrive while others find their way. Building off an engaged discussion our session will identify and explore qualities that make them tick and challenges to their success.

¡ Ingraining On-farm Experimentation through Variety Trials and Participatory Selection and Breeding Cowell CLS 223Jay Bost, GoFarm Hawai’i, Daniela Dutra-Elliott, University of Hawaii, Leeward CCAs teachers in the contexts of community colleges and new farmer-training programs in Hawai’i, we have been actively integrating crop variety trials into our curricula. We contend that encouraging our students early in their educational trajectories to engage in accessing, trialing, and selecting crop varieties can change their perspectives greatly (turning them from passive seed consumers into active seed connoisseurs and creators) and gives them crucial experimental skills necessary to succeed in sustainable agriculture.

¡ An island of organic produce in a sea of conventional corn: Cowell Community Room 121 Ruminations from a new student farm on the western plainsKevin Cody, University of Northern Colorado, Ellen HarrisThis session discusses the establishment of a new student farm in Greeley, CO, which is surrounded by corn and hydraulic fracturing wells, 2 miles from the JBS Swift meat processing facility. The workshop addresses critical questions at this early stage of farm develop-ment: what kinds of teaching materials most effectively engage students? How can the student farm address food insecurity in the com-munity, where it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food? How do we balance the need to show economic and pedagogical returns on the farm?

¡ Conflict or Interest? Including Conventional Agriculture Perspectives Cowell CLS 134 in Sustainable Ag EducationJulie Cotton, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (SAFS), Michigan State University and Brooke Comer, MSUOur academic home is in a land-grant agricultural college, and therefore our programs include students from more conventional farm and production-minded backgrounds as well as students from progressive farms and many other social and environmental perspectives. We will explore what a neutral but context- and ethics-laden perspective on agriculture and food systems offers the learners, and want to hear ways that you have bridged the gap between conventional and alternative perspectives in your educational approaches.

¡ The University of Maryland Terp Farm: Delivering the Land Grant Cowell CLS 131 Mission While Feeding our CampusMeredith Epstein, Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Business Management, Allison Lilly, and Guy Kilpatric, University of MarylandThe University of Maryland Terp Farm models a successful integration of a campus farm with the campus food system and land grant mission. We will discuss a unique partnership between Dining Services and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources: blending education and production, marketing to dining, providing for food insecure campus community members, and training a new generation of sustainable farmers. Includes: group brainstorming, SWOT analysis, identifying best practices, and sharing tools for success.



SATURDAY, JULY 30 – SESSION THREE (concurrent) 11 AM-12 PM ¡ Teaching Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges Stevenson Silverman

Aaron Fox, Plant Science, Albie Miles, University of Hawaii, Eileen Cullen, Cal Poly, and Grey Kolevzon, Merritt College Educators share their experiences teaching urban agriculture to college students: Eileen Cullen presents “Developing an urban agriculture minor in metropolitan southern California”; Albie Miles discusses “Mending the metabolic rift: hands- on and experiential urban agriculture and food justice education at UC Berkeley”; Aaron Fox presents “The good, bad, and ugly of urban food through farmers’ markets”; and Grey Kolevzon presents “Food systems courses that meet the interests and needs of diverse urban students”

¡ The Power of Reflection for Transformative Food Systems Learning Stevenson Event CenterRyan Galt, Agricultural Sustainability and Society, UC Davis, Cristina Murillo Barrick and Damian Parr, Maggie La Rochelle, Katie BradleyIn 2008, we discovered that students in our food systems class experienced a tension between their values and the realities they learned about. They resolved this tension by changing what they eat (about half), bringing good food to others, and organizing for structural/systemic change (about one-fifth). We have since been modifying the class to emphasize the need for structural/systemic change. Here we examine the results of these efforts from our 2015 class.

¡ Cultivating Food Systems Engagement through a Collaborative, Stevenson Event Center Community-based Cooking ProgramAlyssa Gurklis, Penn State University; Hayly Hoch, David Mortensen, and Leslie Pillen, Penn State UniversityIn 2015, Penn State student leaders involved in the Sustainable Food Systems Program piloted a series of collaborative cooking events. Cooking Collaborative aims to engage students to become conscious of food sourcing, creative in their cooking, and open to the connections that are inspired over a shared meal. Through our presentation, we will share the successes of this program and outline our future plans. We also hope to network with others interested in similar work.

¡ “Intro to Food Systems” Workshop Lesson Plan Cowell CLS 113Mara Gittleman, Kingsborough Community CollegeJoin KCC Urban Farm staff for a participatory “Introduction to Food Systems” workshop that you can bring back to use with your community. We’ll give an overview of our model for incorporating food systems and urban agriculture in a wide range of disciplines at Kingsborough Community College (Brooklyn, NY) and walk through a foundational food systems workshop that we use in and adapt to a variety of settings, from tours to classes to events.

¡ Engaging Experiential Learning in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Stevenson CLS 150 through Video Production and MediaUC GFI Students, Staff and Faculty, and Kati Greaney, UC Global Food Initiative, UCSCStudents from five UC campuses will discuss their experiences working on a video series on experiential learning opportunities around food systems and sustainability on their campuses. Each team will introduce their films which range from character-driven narratives, to documentation of waste management in dining halls, to a rap music video that chronicles the work of sustainability organizations. Students will discuss ways in which working on these projects has deepened their connection and awareness of food justice and sustainability both locally and globally.

¡ Public Policy In and For Sustainable Agriculture Education Stevenson FiresideMark Lipson, CASFS, UCSC, Dr. Kathleen Merrigan, George Washington University, Dr. Ricardo Salvador, Union of Concerned Scientists, Nina Ichikawa, UC Berkeley Food InstitutePanelists will address: 1) current efforts and resources for sustainable agriculture education (SAE) on public policy; 2) ideas and opportuni-ties for potential expansion of sustainable agriculture policy education and training; and 3) possibilities for greater public policy support of SAE goals and programs.

¡ Addressing the Role of Racism in the Food System in the Undergraduate Classroom Cowell LibraryMary Rogers, University of MinnesotaAttendees are expected to actively contribute to this roundtable discussion by sharing experiences and participating in brainstorming exercises addressing curriculum design and assessment to enhance cultural competency skills of undergraduate students. The over-reaching goal is to build awareness of social inequities, address race and racism in the food system, and provide an inclusive classroom environment for students coming from underrepresented backgrounds.

¡ Skills for Social Change: Organizing and Storytelling in Teaching and Research Stevenson LibraryAnnie Shattuck, O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, Stanford University, Liz Carlisle, Maywa Montenegro, Antonio Roman-Alcala, Devon Sampson, and Chelsea Wills This panel is a conversation with educators and activists about how food systems education can be a more effective vehicle for social change. We discuss successful projects that bridge journalism and teaching, research and journalism, and new media storytelling, and discuss how to incorporate advocacy, community organizing, and the vibrant world of food media into our classrooms.


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¡ INFAS Meeting Stevenson Fireside¡ SAEA Steering Committee Meeting Stevenson Community Room

¡ CASFS Apprenticeship Train-the-Trainer Demonstration Activities See locations below: In this series of 4 hands-on workshops and demonstrations, UCSC Apprenticeship staff will demonstrate how they teach field-based lessons in horticulture, how social justice issues are integrated into the program, and how to use the recently edited organic farming training manuals that are based upon their innovative and multidisciplinary curriculum

t Hands-On Teaching Tractor Cultivation and Weed Management CASFS Packing Shed Darryl Wong, Farm Site and Research Lands Manager, CASFS

t Integrating Horticulture and Social Justice CASFS Veggie Shed Christof Bernau, and Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, Farm Garden, CASFS

t Hands-On Irrigation at UCSC Farm & Garden CASFS Packing Shed Jane Kuhn, Field Production Specialist, CASFS

t Using the UCSC CASFS Training Manuals: Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening CASFS Packing Shed and Teaching Direct Marketing Albie Miles, Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawai’i

¡ Mapping Tools for Farmland Access: Combining Public Records and Local Knowledge Cowell CLS 216Adam Calo, UC Berkeley, Kathryn DeMaster, ESPM, Seongtaek Lim, UCB School of Information | The Farmland Monitoring Project (FMP) is a tool for investigating the availability of farmland in the California Central Coast. The FMP presents basic land quality data, ownership data from the county assessor, and also accepts direct submissions from farmers and landowners. In the workshop we will introduce the scope of the project, solicit much needed feedback from participants and practice viewing and entering data about farmland availability. The goal of the project is to provide new methods of land linking, but also bring together a common source of public and local knowledge about the state of land access for agriculture. A pilot version of the FMP is available here https://farmview.herokuapp.com

¡ How to Better Understand Farmers’ Thinking About Soil Management to Encourage Stevenson Silverman Investment in the SoilRex Dufour, NCAT (National Center for Appropriate Technology) | This roundtable discussion will focus on approaches to working with farmers about changing their thinking about soil management, beyond simply applying NPK fertilizer, to thinking about the soil as an ecological system, and managing it (and investing in it) in that context. Facilitator will provide a context of challenges faced by farmers and then steer discussion to what kinds of approaches are successful in changing farmers’ mental models of soils and their management.

¡ Designing Inquiry Activities in Agricultural Education Stevenson CLS 150Monika Egerer and Hamutahl Cohen, Environmental Studies Dept., UCSC | How do you incorporate research-based & Chadwick Garden teaching methods into your agricultural curriculum? Inquiry-based pedagogy provides instructors with tools to identify practice goals and content goals, utilize backwards design, design thinking tools and starters, and conduct post-teaching assessment. This workshop will guide participants through a 2-day farm activity on biocontrol developed by UCSC graduate students for incoming STEM undergraduate students without agricultural backgrounds. Participants will leave the workshop with guidelines and strategies for how to help them structure their own inquiry activities.

¡ Engaging Undergraduates in Farm and Garden Education for Children and Youth Life Lab Garden John Fisher, LIfe Lab, UCSC and Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis | Spend some time at the Life Lab Garden Classroom on the UCSC Farm to discuss ways of teaching sustainable ag concepts to K-12 students. This hands on workshop lead by farm educators at UCSC and UC Davis will explore the ins and outs of running farm and garden-based program for local schools including: educational garden design; developing program themes; and recruiting/mentoring college students.

¡ MA’O Organic Farms Youth Leadership Stevenson Event CenterGary and Kukui Maunakea-Forth, Kamuela Enos, Kaui Sana, Neil Hannahs: MA’O Organic Farms Youth Leadership Training Program |In this 2-hour interactive workshop, the farmers and leadership team of MA’O Organic Farms will discuss the history, structure, operations and impact of this highly innovative youth leadership-training program in Wai’anae, Hawai’i (O’ahu). MA’O Organic Farms is a 25-acre working certified organic farm and social-enterprise employing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth and supports them through college graduation. For more information, go to links on MA’O Organic Farms – http://maoorganicfarms.org/videos , Wai’anae – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxT80v_6Cc and the Hawai’i food system – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXE0mcq0-o4

¡ Can Training Programs Help Urban Farmers Deal with Soil Contamination? Cowell CLS 131Sarick Matzen, UC Berkeley, Joshua Arnold, UC Berkeley | As farming the city gains popularity, farmers have questions about soil contamination. Researchers seek to share knowledge about properties unique to urban agroecosystems, yet many questions remain unanswered. Our session will discuss current research, case studies, and best practices to help contextualize these challenges. We hope to engage participants in understanding the nuances of urban soil contamination, and collectively consider beneficial ways of sharing knowledge on these important yet complicated topics.



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¡ Beyond the Field Trip: A Workshop to Build Stronger Connections Between Cowell Library Academics and PractitionersEmily McGinty, Duke Campus Farm, Duke University | Connecting field and classroom presents unique challenges. This workshop will explore questions like: How can academics build intellectually rigorous farm visits? How can campus farms communicate their institutional + intellectual value? What are best practices/fruitful missteps to share? We will present a case study from a demonstration garden at our one-acre farm. We grow cotton, indigo, and tobacco in hopes of starting conversations around complex histories of race and rural economy.

¡ Building a Farmer Educator Network Cowell CLS 113Jessy Beckett Parr, CCOF, and Evan Wiig, Farmer’s Guild | This workshop will explore how to form and operate regional collaborations that support the education of local farmers. The Farmer Educator Network, initially a BFRDP grant, has been run by CCOF and CASFS for the past four years to bring agricultural educators together to collaborate and share best practices. The California-based Farmers Guild operates a statewide network of “guilds” where farmers of all ages share skills and learn about resources from a variety of support orga-nizations. Come learn the structure, lessons learned and how to set up such networks in your region.

¡ Student Leadership Development on a Student Farm: Stevenson Library An Experiential Workshop and DiscussionMark Van Horn, Maggie LaRochelle, and Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis Student Farm | The UC Davis Student Farm’s new Leadership Devel-opment Program (LDP) supports our 10-12 student employees and permanent staff. It consists of several components, including work-shops on the technical and communication skills necessary for teaching, teamwork, and supervising peers. Two years into the LDP, we see that it benefits the entire farm community. Our workshop includes: a brief LDP overview; engaging participants in an LDP workshop activity; and a group discussion about other approaches and ideas.

¡ Sustainable Agriculture Policy Education: Goals, Resources, and Needs Assessment for SAE Cowell CLS 131Mark Lipson, UCSC, CASFS | This will be an interactive process led by Mark Lipson, UCSC/CASFS (and others TBD). Participants will be asked to share information, questions, needs and aspirations relative to public policy as an aspect of SAE programs generally, and particular SA policy issues specifically. This process will provide the basis for (at least) an SAEA resource map/guide for the field, and help define the need for further development of curriculum and training resources. The state of public policy support for SAE generally will also be discussed, and potential objectives for organizing efforts to increase or shift the focus of public funding and policies.

¡ Where to Start? Student- Led, Community Engaged Efforts Cowell Community Room 121 to Effect Change in a Campus Food SystemCourtney Peetz, Evergreen Food Systems Working Group, Evergreen State College, Real Food Challenge | Students from Ever-green State College offer a case study in working to bring comprehensive accountability to their campus food systems through the Real Food Challenge (RFC) initiative. As the RFC was implemented, campus food purchasing was held to a new standard, a food system policy was developed, and students, faculty and administrators established a working group to identify and pursue further goals. Lessons and insights from this process can inform similar efforts at other schools and contribute to the conversation about the role of higher education in broader food system change.

¡ Students’ Role in Fundamentally Transforming the Food System Cowell Community Room 121Stephanie Yee, Real Food Challenge, CSUMB, and Hannah Weinronk, Real Food Challenge, UMass | Students and young people play a key role in transforming the food system. From organizing on campus to coordinating actions nationwide. This workshop is to build our collective analysis to design short, medium, and long term strategies to re-shape our food system, and to learn about the role of students in this fight.

¡ Learning Assessments and Program Evaluation of Educational Cowell CLS 113 Outcomes for Beginning Farmer ProgramsJan Perez, CASFS, UCSC, and Megan Fehrman, Rogue Farm Corps | The purpose of this workshop is to orient participants to different strategies for beginning farmer program evaluation and help them develop or refine their evaluation plan or instruments. During this workshop, participants will learn about different strategies and instruments used for evaluation at CASFS and Rogue Farm Corps and why these strategies were chosen. In the last half of the workshop, we’ll work with participants’ evaluation plans and instruments.

¡ Ecologies of Terroir: Engaging Taste for a Just and Sustainable Agriculture Stevenson SilvermanSarah Williams, and Martha Rosemeyer, Agricultural Ecology, Evergreen State College | What can happen – and why does it matter – when we learn to savor the terroir of cacao as chocolate? Designed as a Tasting Lab that models our experiences with The Evergreen State College food systems curriculum, you’ll place your chocolate tastes on panels of Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights in re-sponse to questions like: Can you taste Fair Trade? Why have few of the world’s cacao growers have ever tasted chocolate?

¡ Educational and research needs of organic farmers Stevenson SilvermanJoanna Ory, Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) | This session will present the results of the 2015 national survey with 1,000 organic farmers. The research results to be highlighted include information on the informational formats (articles, webinars, field days, etc.) and sources (university, government, NGO, etc.) that are most valued by organic farmers. I will focus on survey results that describe the most effective strategies for bringing scientific research to farming practitioners. These results will be useful in aiding educators in the creation of materials geared towards a farmer audience.

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To park at Lot 116-115 for UCSC Farm visitors:• At the main entrance of UCSC (Bay & High streetsintersection), proceed straight onto Coolidge Dr. (Baybecomes Coolidge on campus). Stay straight on Coolidgeuntil you reach the FIRST stop light. Make a right onto Carriage House Rd. at the stop light, then an immediate left to enter the Campus Facilities Lot 116.• Note: Mon.–Fri. from 7 am–5:30 pm you will need to purchase aparking permit at the kiosk located on right prior to stop light.

To walk to the UCSC Farm from Campus Facilities Lot 116:• Walk across the street (Coolidge Dr.) and continue downsidewalk until you get to gravel road paralleling the bike path(red dashed line on map). Be careful crossing the bike path.• Turn right and walk 1/4 mile up the gravel road to a set of stairs and a wooden entrance gate.• Welcome to CASFS and the UCSC Farm!

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Directions and Parking for CASFS Hay Barn:• Enter the UCSC campus via the main entrance at Bay/High Streets• Once you enter campus, Bay Street becomes Coolidge Drive. Continue up Coolidge

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EAST REMOTE PARKING LOTThe East Remote Parking Lot is located on the east side of the campus, just off of Hagar Drive. There is a Metro bus/campus shuttle stop located just south of the East Field House parking lot.

Commuters attending summer conferences will be directed to park in the East Remote parking lot, just south of the East Field.

The East Remote parking lot requires “A,” “B,” “C,” or “R” permits; however, permits are not required in the East Remote lot on weekends, or after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

People with mobility impairments can either park in the East Field House parking lot, or be dropped off in that lot for close access to the field.

Parking permits are required in most lots on weekdays between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Lot designations are subject to change; it is advisable to check the permit requirements posted at parking lot entrances when parking on campus. One-day visitor permits may be purchased at the main entrance kiosk or at the TAPS Sales Office (located in the H Barn at the base of campus). Parking meters are posted regarding hours of enforcement.

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The conference is co-hosted by UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA), Merritt College, and Stanford University. Major support for the conference has been provided by the University of California Office of the President’s Global Food Initiative.

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