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An organization at UC Santa Cruz dedicated to advancing agroecology and equitable food systems through research, education, agricultural extension, and public service.

10/12/2026

The NextGen team is recruiting students for food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Scholarship recipients will participate in events and meetings related to agroecology or food systems.

The program will provide students with up $3600 in scholarships, divided across winter and spring quarters for the 2026-2027 academic year.

The application deadline for new/incoming FANH scholars is October 16,2026.

Apply by scanning the QR code or through the link in our bio. Questions? Contact Ximena Moura, agroecology program specialist, at [email protected].

10/07/2026

Join us on at the Hay Barn on October 19 for a book talk with Antonio Roman-Alcalá and panel discussion about his new book, North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning.

Antonio Roma-Alcalá has been participating in food and farming movements in California for over two decades. Joining him for discussion are longtime farmer and educator Leonard Diggs, Mireya Gomez-Contreras of Esperanza Farms, and Maywa Montenegro de Wit, critical agrarian studies scholar at UCSC.

10/02/2026

Are you a farmer with experience operating a tractor and want to dive deeper into learning about farm machinery, attaching implements, equipment setup and calibration, performing maintenance, and more? Join us for a 2-day Advanced Tractor Skills Workshop at the UCSC Farm on October 23 & 24.

This workshop will include an overnight stay on the farm and meals. Spanish interpretation and scholarships are available. Learn more at https://center-for-agroecology.company.site/products/Advanced-Tractor-Skills-Workshop-p863459443.

Please share with farmers who may be interested!

10/01/2026

Join us for our annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 17 from 11am to 3pm at the UC Santa Cruz Farm! This fun event will have activities for all ages including tractor rides, face painting, and pumpkin sales/painting, live music from SambaDá and Lucas Lawson, and food as well as an apple pie bake-off and more!

UC Santa Cruz, Cabrillo, and Hartnell students, kids under 12, and Friends of the Farm and Garden members get free entry; general public pays $5. Cash preferred! Visit agroecology.ucsc.edu or visit the link in our bio to learn more 🎃

09/29/2026

The best way to learn sustainable agriculture is to get your hands in the soil 🌱 As an agroecology major at UC Santa Cruz, you’ll gain real-world experience through hands-on internships in horticulture and agriculture at the UCSC farm, Chadwick Garden, and other sites beyond the classroom–all while earning academic credit.

You can apply the ecological concepts learned in the classroom to growing real fruits and vegetables in the field, gaining 2 to 5 credits for your work. You’ll also learn what it means to create a more sustainable food system.

From planting and pruning in the Alan Chadwick Garden to tending sprouts in our greenhouses, you’ll develop the practical skills needed to address today’s environmental and food justice challenges.

🔗 Explore how you can enroll in the agroecology major at the link in our bio.

09/25/2026

Center for Agroecology researchers are testing a non-chemical soil disinfestation alternative for California’s high-value strawberry industry: steam soil disinfestation. The process selectively pasteurizes the soil, killing heat-sensitive pathogens along with w**d seeds without sterilizing the soil into a biological vacuum.

Initial research findings and identified questions served as the direct foundation for a new county-led effort to take steam disinfestation out of experimental conditions and test it in sensitive community areas including commercial berry fields near Pajaro Valley schools.

This research builds upon the nearly 60-year legacy of UC Santa Cruz-led work to explore economically viable non-chemical fumigant alternatives for growing strawberries. Learn more at the link in the comments.

09/24/2026

Happy fall! Come see the farm in all its autumn glory, open 8am-6pm daily.

09/23/2026

In the 1940s, a US-backed campaign spread industrial agriculture across the Americas, dismantling traditional farming systems that had sustained campesino communities for generations. The result was ecological damage, cultural loss, and deepened inequality.

A group of Latin American scientists chose another path. Their story is the subject of Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for Agroecology in the Americas, a new book by Bruce H. Jennings that asks whether agroecology can be both a science and a movement strong enough to change the lives of millions.

Join us on October 8 in the Hay Barn for a conversation with Jennings and Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley. 5:30–7:30pm. Free and open to the public. RSVP link in bio.

09/21/2026

“I am so glad I have gotten to be a part of Cowell Coffee Shop and the Center for Agroecology since my first year of college. My experience as an intern was why I ended up pursuing the agroecology major, and I have learned so much from being a part of that space. My college experience would not have been the same without the incredible community I found at Cowell Coffee Shop, as well as all the yummy fruits and vegetables I got to work with along the way!”

Like so many of our students, Jess got involved with the Center for Agroecology as a first year which opened the door to more involvement in agroecology and the campus food system. Our internships are open to students of all majors throughout the academic year, including this fall quarter!

Part of a remarkable Class of 2026 — congratulations to Jess and all of our graduating students!

09/16/2026

“I’m so thankful to have had the opportunity to explore my passion for food systems justice outside of the classroom through my position at the Center for Agroecology.”

Via studied environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. As co-chair of the Food Systems Working Group, Via worked with peers to plan programming and events that brought students together around food, agroecology, and community. That’s real leadership experience, and it happened right here.

Part of a remarkable Class of 2026 — congratulations to Via and all of our graduating students!

Address

94 Ranch View Road
Santa Cruz, CA
95064

Telephone

(831) 459-3240

Website

http://agroecology.ucsc.edu/

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