Celebrating Food and Community with Gerry Kasten
Celebrating Food and Community with Gerry Kasten Look back on Gerry Kasten’s two decades of teaching nutrition in LFS kitchens and classrooms. Gerry Kasten has taught hundreds of students the how, what, and why behind the food they eat. His classes emphasized that nutrition and deliciousness should come hand-in-hand. Now after 20 years of teaching, […]
MasterChef learns to harvest at UBC Farm
MasterChef Learns to Harvest at UBC Farm MasterChef champion Dara Yu takes kimchi from seed to market in the UBC Farm Practicum. Organic kimchi in a bottle – tangy, vibrant red – was like a capstone project for Dara Yu. Yu, who was crowned MasterChef USA’s youngest-ever champion in 2022 at the age of 20, […]
Mixing Modern Food Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Mixing Modern Food Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine Graduate student Maidinai Sabier studies how steam can turn a root into medicine with therapeutic effects on our guts. From leaves to stems to roots, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses time-honoured techniques to extract healing properties from plants. While TCM is based on balancing the energies in […]
Young Alumni Council 2025
Young Alumni Council Annabelle Liao, President BSc GRS, 2024 Annabelle graduated from the Global Resource Systems program, specializing in sustainability and social impact. She has led capacity-building initiatives for students, staff, and faculty through UBC Campus and Community Planning, consulted for non-profit organizations and startups, and represented youth at the UN Climate Change Conferences. After […]
Studying Biodiversity with Hawaii as Your Classroom
About DegreeHometown A fourth-year APBI student, Emily Wong travelled to the Island of Hawaii (Big Island) during Reading Week to join the seminar Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability (Integrated Science ISCI 361). This intensive 9-day, 3-credit seminar was offered through UBC’s Go Global program, allowing students to experience Hawaiian land, ecosystems and communities firsthand. Why […]
UBC Farm named Smart Agriculture Living Lab
CENGN (Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Next Generation Networks) announced the first partnership under its national Living Lab Initiative – located at UBC Farm.
Cultivating the Organic Opportunity for Canadian Farmers and Consumers
At the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, research is underway to improve farm management practices in tandem with producers.
Events on Orange Shirt Day, September 30, 2025
Join us for an Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day (OSD). The Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Forestry are honoured to host this event.
2025 Wall Legacy Award Recipient: Dr. Andrea Frommel
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Frommel from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems on being one of the recipients of the 2025 Peter Wall Legacy Awards. This prestigious award supports research addressing urgent sustainability challenges in BC and beyond.
UBC Dairy Centre receives funding for a new integrated data hub
The UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre is partnering with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to embark on a new era of research that includes the broad use of data intelligence and AI.