Timothy James Galarneau

User Timothy James Galarneau

User Food Systems Program Manager

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User tgalarne@ucsc.edu

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Social Sciences Division

Food Systems Program Manager

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Academic

Hay Barn

Oakes College

CASFS / Life Lab

Tim Galarneau serves as a  co-director of Education and Training with the newly renamed Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) at UC Santa Cruz, formerly known as the Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, and Participatory Governance. Tim’s work advances systemwide basic needs efforts across campuses, intersegmental engagement, and nationally. Tim also works with students, producers, chefs, and supply chains across California and beyond to advance regional, seasonal, and small to mid scale under invested producer and enterprise relationships across the food system.

At the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology he oversees a team of staff and students working from the field to the plate in re-envisioning access to delicious and nourishing food for all. In addition, he is a co-founder of Real Food Challenge and a board advisor to the national movement non-profit admist other community engaged advisory efforts.

Last modified: Jun 09, 2025