Designing Biodegradable Food Packaging Materials
Meet Xanyar Mohammadi, whose research focuses on developing a new type of packaging material for food products that can easily decompose and have a low environmental impact.
LFS Co-op Opportunities
LFS Co-op Opportunities Does your organization need extra support this summer for special projects, vacation coverage or increased work volume? Hire one of our knowledgeable and motivated co-op students! Our co-op students can help in many areas from research and product development to marketing and data analytics. Co-op is a great way for an organization […]
Young Alumni Council Members
Young Alumni Council Kimia Nozadi, President BSc (Food Nutr) 2020 Kimia graduated from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems with an Honours BSc in Food, Nutrition and Health in 2020 and a MSc. in Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry from McGill University in 2021. Throughout her studies, Kimia volunteered with the Undergraduate Society and […]
Assistant or Associate Professor in Land Use and Soil Hydrology
Assistant or Associate Professor in Land Use and Soil Hydrology Posted on February 16, 2023 The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (www.landfood.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time, tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor within the Applied Biology Program. […]
Student Feature – Julia Watkins
Julia Watkins is a second-year LFS student studying Food, Nutrition, and Health, with aspirations to enter the dietetics program. In this feature, Julia shares a quinoa salad recipe!
Assistant or Associate Professor in Nutrition and Healthy Aging
Assistant or Associate Professor in Nutrition and Healthy Aging Posted on February 3, 2023 The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time, tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor within the Food, Nutrition and Health […]
Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition
Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition Posted February 3, 2023 The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor within the Food, Nutrition and Health Program in the Human Nutrition group (https://lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/research/lfs-research-centres-groups/human-nutrition-group/). […]
Exploring land-based relationships with a fresh view
This year, 10 UBC researchers – including two from Land and Food Systems – received funds of up to $10,000 to support their collaborative projects, knowledge translation and mobilization initiatives related to the climate and nature emergency.
Sean Smukler to lead UBC Farm’s CSFS
Associate Professor Sean Smukler is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) at UBC Farm as of Jan. 1, 2023.