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Webinar: CSA as a Benefit: Cultivating Sustainability and Improving Health
- University of Kentucky (KY)
- AASHE (PA)
- Organic Association of Kentucky (KY)
Colleges and universities have unique resources and infrastructures that allow them to develop, pilot, and study replicable employee benefits programs that fulfill Sustainability and Wellness goals. Additionally, innovations by colleges ...
- Posted Sept. 14, 2023
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Ola Niuhelewai
- University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College (HI)
“Ola Niuhelewai!” Niuhelewai Lives! Ola Niuhelewai is a five-year project (10/1/2020 to 9/30/2025) entirely funded by a U.S. DOE Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions ...
- Posted Aug. 31, 2023
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Scientists study solar panel-topped ponds
- Cornell University (NY)
Reseach into preserve agricultural land for crops and conservation lands for wildlife, place floating photovoltaic panels on lakes, rivers and reservoirs.
- Posted Aug. 28, 2023
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Sustainability Tour of the Yale Farm
- Yale University (CT)
As part of Celebrate Sustainability Week at Yale in October 2022, the Yale Office of Sustainability, in partnership with the Office of International Students & Scholars, organized a “Lunch and ...
- Posted June 27, 2023
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The Community Action Center Project: Where Food Shelves Meet Carbon Offsets
- Carleton College (MN)
In the city of Northfield, MN, uneaten food typically ends up as waste in the landfill. As this food decomposes, it releases methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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Campus foodscapes as sites of transformation: mapping policy and projects in US universities envisioning just, sustainable and healthy food systems
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Globally universities have expanded their mission beyond teaching and research: recognising their broader responsibilities to their students, communities and civic neighbours, and to sustainable operations and infrastructure. This research considers ...
- Posted May 31, 2023
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The LEED Curriculum: A New Standard for Sustainability Education
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI)
This session provides a comprehensive overview of The LEED Curriculum for college CTE and university undergraduate programs. Using the globally recognized LEED rating system as a framework, facilitator Heather McCombs ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Working Farms Fund: Partnership to Build a Sustainable Local Food System and Support a Diverse New Generation of Farmers
- Emory University (GA)
- The Conservation Fund (GA)
Emory University has partnering with the national non-profit The Conservation Fund (TCF) to support a diverse new generation of farmers in rural Georgia and help build the local food supply ...
- Posted May 16, 2023
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Soup and Substance: Anishinaabek Food Sovereignty
- Central Michigan University (MI)
- Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (MI)
Central Michigan University (CMU) presents Soup and Substance events through the Office for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (OIDEI) for students, faculty, staff and community members. Soup and Substance events ...
- Posted May 15, 2023
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CSU Channel Islands Teaches About Sustainable Land Management During Earth Month
- California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
CSU Channel Islands kicked off Earth Month celebrations with an event focused on targeted grazing and its use as a sustainable land management strategy. The event included a presentation from ...
- Posted May 8, 2023
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View of Cascadia/UW Bothell Campus Farm
- Cascadia College (WA)
- University of Washington, Bothell (WA)
A few of our small campus farm. The farm is open to foraging for the campus community, and features growing beds for students, classes, or staff/faculty to check out ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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International Agricultural Development MS
- University of California, Davis (CA)
The UC Davis Masters program in International Agricultural Development (IAD) prepares students for careers in global agricultural and rural development. This interdisciplinary program is designed to provide students with knowledge ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Arboriculture & Community Forest Management
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
As the population of the United States continues to concentrate in urban and suburban areas, sustainable management of natural resources in urban environments is increasingly important. Professional arborists and urban ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Landscape Architecture BS
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Students are trained to design sustainable landscapes that balance human needs with ecological concerns. In our courses, we work with clients from state agencies, local communities and non-profit organizations. It ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Landscape Contracting
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The Landscape Contracting program develops a student's ability to design, implement, and maintain landscape projects. In two years, students build professional skills in plant healthcare, design, estimating, installation and ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Food and Farming (Online Certificate)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
The 15-credit Certificate in Sustainable Food and Farming is designed for adults looking to make a career change, returning Veterans, or those pursuing a lifelong interest related to food, gardening ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Landscape Architecture MLA
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
Students are trained to design sustainable landscapes that balance human needs with ecological concerns. In our courses, we work with clients from state agencies, local communities and non-profit organizations. It ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Civic Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) Minor
- Virginia Tech (VA)
The Civic Agriculture and Food Systems Pathways minor embodies a commitment to developing and strengthening an economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable agriculture and food systems through building community capacity, using ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Agriculture Minor
- Northland College (WI)
With this minor, you will learn about sustainable agriculture from humanities, social science, and natural science perspectives; explore the production and distribution of food on field trips, in the campus ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Food and Farming BS
- West Virginia University (WV)
Sustainable Food and Farming is the study of relationships among organisms and habitats in agricultural ecosystems. Climate and soil properties, activities of other organisms, and management practices affect the growth ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Plant Pathology MS
- West Virginia University (WV)
The Plant Pathology graduate program is ideal for students who desire a career in plant health, food security or the environment. Graduates will be prepared to be leaders and productive ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Crop Management Minor
- Cornell University (NY)
The minor enables students with majors in fields such as applied economics and management, communication, ESS, IARD and sociology to gain technical and scientific knowledge for careers in areas such ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Food Production Certificate
- Missouri State University (MO)
This certificate provides information to grow plant-based produce for human consumption using sustainable cropping system practices. Students who complete this certificate will obtain fundamental knowledge of successful plant production systems ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Agriculture and Environment
- University of Sydney (NSW)
The Master of Agriculture and Environment trains students to solve the big challenges in the world: food security, climate change, and management of carbon, water and the environment. With lots ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Major (B.A.)
- University of New Hampshire (NH)
This B.A. degree program is ideal for students interested in developing a broad base of knowledge and experience in modern agricultural and food systems with the flexibility to take ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Students’ knowledge and expectations about sustainable food systems in higher education
- University of Gastronomic Sciences (Piedmont)
- ISARA Agro School for Life
- Eesti Maaülikool, EMÜ
- FH Münster
- Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw)
- University of Kassel
- University of Copenhagen
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
To clarify needs and requests of the young generation to the contemporary and future education on food systems, this paper aims to examine the following issues: students’ background knowledge, students ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Which are the best practices for MSc programmes in sustainable agriculture?
- Universidade do Porto
- Universidade de Évora
- Agricultural University of Athens
- Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Programmes of education for sustainable development are important to reformulate and revise educational programmes in Sustainable Agriculture. Higher education institutes emerge as learning places to integrate sustainable development into the ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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A Discussion About Environmental Justice in Vermont
- University of Vermont (VT)
Project Green Schools was delighted to host A Discussion About Environmental Justice in Vermont in partnership with Vermont House Speaker, Conor Kennedy, Shelburne Farms, VT FEED, Hunger Free Vermont, VEEP ...
- Posted May 9, 2022
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A Food-Themed Cross-Disciplinary Faculty-Staff Learning Community Enriches Place-Based Experiential Learning Curricula
- Butler University (IN)
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (IN)
- Indiana University
This document contains instructional resources to facilitate an 8-month Faculty-Staff Learning Community (FSLC) focused on learning and discussion to support the creation of campus farm-situated place-based experiential learning (PBEL) lessons ...
- Posted April 25, 2022
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Using Local Food Systems and Justice Issues to teach Sustainability
- Eureka College (IL)
For two years, I have taught an upper-level seminar in Environmental Studies on Local Food Systems and Justice issues that also meets a gen ed requirement for undergraduates in Sustainable ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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A Living Lab Approach to Saving The Farm
- Butler University (IN)
The Farm at Butler University has existed for 10 years without dedicated administrative funding. With no immediate funding support from the University planned, the Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Strategic Plan for Sustainable Agriculture Project
- Grand Valley State University (MI)
The GVSU Sustainable Agriculture Project is a collaboration between students, faculty, and staff to experience sustainable agriculture on the Allendale Campus. The project began with a group of students in ...
- Posted Oct. 6, 2021
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LCC Students at the Learning Garden
- Lane Community College (OR)
Lane Community College Students harvesting kale at the Learning Garden
- Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Sterling College Break Free from Plastic Pledge
- Sterling College (VT) (VT)
Sterling College proudly displays their signed #BreakFreeFromPlastic Campus pledge, which guides colleges and universities towards single-use plastic elimination and waste elimination. Sterling College, a federally designated Work College in Vermont ...
- Posted Aug. 30, 2021
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Sterling College EcoGather
- Sterling College (VT) (VT)
Place-Based, Community-Focused Education - Sterling College is in the process of developing EcoGather, a higher education platform designed to advance ecological thinking and action as a foundation for building regenerative communities ...
- Posted Aug. 20, 2021
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Farming on the Campus Quad
- Duke University (NC)
- Green Mountain College (VT)
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
This article covers how universities have promoted local and organic farming by giving their students land to grow their own gardens on campus.
- Posted May 26, 2021
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Planting the Pond
- Western Dakota Technical College (SD)
For this project, Western Dakota Tech formed an interdisciplinary team comprised of Environmental Engineering, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Electrical Trades, Computer-Aided Design, and Farm and Ranch Management students to design and ...
- Posted May 18, 2021
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Can public universities play a role in fostering seed sovereignty?
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- University of Toronto (ON)
Across Canada and the United States, public universities were founded with a mission to contribute to broad societal well-being. Yet, the capacity of public research institutions to develop and disseminate ...
- Posted May 4, 2021
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Critical food systems education, neoliberalism, and the alternative campus tour
- Trent University (ON)
While still quite modest, the body of scholarship on pedagogy related to teaching for more socio-ecologically just food systems is growing. However, this body of work is largely silent on ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Sustainable Food Systems (MA)
- Montana State University (MT)
This program offers many opportunities to engage in experiential learning through management of projects at MSU’s Towne’s Harvest Garden and in the surrounding communities. Students can tailor their ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Integrated Pathway in Sustainable Agriculture
- Earlham College (IN)
The coursework and applied experiences in the Sustainable Agriculture Integrated Pathway engage students in different elements of food and agricultural systems, ranging from the soil to plants to production processes ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Crop Sciences (BS)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
The Crop Sciences major is where plant genetics, biotechnology, business, data science, crop production, and sustainability are brought together by results-oriented faculty and students.
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Agroecology Concentration
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
The Agroecology Concentration addresses ecologically based management of cropping systems, stewardship of the environment, and sustainable food production systems. The intersection between crop plants and their environment is emphasized in ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Agricultural and Consumer Economics (BS)
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) applies business and economics principles to food, agriculture, renewable energy, and the environment, both here and abroad. By combining technical knowledge ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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International Agriculture & Rural Development (BS)
- Cornell University (NY)
The International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD) major is designed for students who are interested in tackling the unique and interdisciplinary issues associated with food systems and rural development in ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Agricultural Sciences (BS)
- Cornell University (NY)
Cornell's Agricultural Sciences Major gives students the flexibility to tailor their studies to meet their unique goals with concentrations in Animal Science, Business Management and Policy, Education and Society ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Food Science (BS)
- Cornell University (NY)
The Food Science major prepares students to lead change in the food industry, academia and government. The research programs are designed to expand understanding of the biological/microbiological, chemical, physical ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Horticulture Minor
- Cornell University (NY)
The Horticulture Minor Program of Study in Horticulture aims to increase students’ knowledge and skills for managing fruits, vegetables and landscape plants for the purpose of improving the quality of ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Plant Breeding Minor
- Cornell University (NY)
The Minor Program of Study in Plant Breeding provides a basic understanding of crop improvement, a historical perspective of the discipline, and a sense of how plant breeding contributes to ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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Agriculture and Life Sciences (MPS)
- Cornell University (NY)
The MPS degree program at Cornell CALS is ideal for career-focused students interested in the thorough study of issues and advancements in the fields of life, social, and environmental sciences ...
- Posted Dec. 17, 2020
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