2012 News Archive
Michael Pollan Tours Farm
December 11, 2012
Author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan visited the UC Santa Cruz CASFS Farm on October 25 before taking part in a panel discussion later that evening at Santa Cruz High School.
My Sow-Called Life
September 5, 2012
California is losing farmers and farmland at an alarming rate, but a new generation of young farmers in Santa Cruz County, including former apprentices Sky DeMuro, Zoe Hitchner and David Evershed, is taking on a risky business to reclaim their home soil.
One Perfect Day in Santa Cruz, CA
August 28, 2012
Sunset Magazine includes visiting CASFS in its list of things to do in Santa Cruz, CA.
UCSC Farm awarded $665,000 USDA grant
August 22, 2012
A $665,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will help teach organic farming techniques to a new generation of farmers enrolled in UC Santa Cruz”s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems apprenticeship program, among other things.
USDA grant aids organic farming training program at UC Santa Cruz
August 21, 2012
Training for beginning organic farmers on the Central Coast will get a significant boost from a three-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz.
USDA grant aids organic farming training program at UC Santa Cruz
August 21, 2012
Training for beginning organic farmers on the Central Coast will get a significant boost from a three-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz.
Practically green
April 25, 2012
UC Santa Cruz research focuses on organics
March 21, 2012
For more than four decades the University of California, Santa Cruz Farm and Garden program has paralleled the growth of the organic produce sector.
Chancellor signs 'real food' commitment for campus
March 12, 2012
Chancellor Blumenthal has signed the UC Santa Cruz Real Food Campus Commitment.
Farm apprentice graduate honored in Bronx Black History Month ceremony
February 13, 2012
Karen Washington, a graduate of the 2008 apprenticeship class at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz, was honored at the annual Black History Month Celebration in the Bronx, N.Y.
