Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems
The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) is a center within the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[1] The mission of CASFS is to research, develop, and advance sustainable food and agricultural systems that are environmentally sound, economically viable, socially responsible, nonexploitative, and that serve as a foundation for future generations. The Center's history dates back to 1967, when English master gardener Alan Chadwick was hired to create a Student Garden Project (now the Alan Chadwick Garden) on the fledgling UC Santa Cruz campus.[2]
CASFS manages the 3-acre Alan Chadwick Garden and a 30-acre farm located at the base of the UCSC campus.[3] The Center is well-known for its Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program which provides training in the concepts and practices of organic gardening and small-scale farming.[4] Other programs offered by the Center include undergraduate internships, on-farm research, farm tours, gardening workshops, and programs for K-12 students.[5]
References
- ^ "About the Center/CASFS". casfs.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "History & News Archive". casfs.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "UCSC Farm, Chadwick Garden, and Cowell Ranch Hay Barn". casfs.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Apprenticeship Training". casfs.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) programs | Alternative Farming Systems Information Center| NAL | USDA". www.nal.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
External links
- Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, UCSC
- Photographs of the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Alan Chadwick Garden from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
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