Feeding Growth Dishes Out Ideas for Growing Young B.C. Food Businesses
Feeding Growth Dishes Out Ideas for Growing Young B.C. Food Businesses Earnest Ice Cream, Spread ‘Em Kitchen, and Nuba have something in common. They all received help scaling their businesses through workshops offered by Feeding Growth. Launched in 2015, Feeding Growth has helped more than 300 food entrepreneurs grow their sustainable food businesses. It’s where […]
Drawing from the Land to Transform Indigenous Food Systems
Drawing from the Land to Transform Indigenous Food Systems Researchers in the Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Education are examining how Indigenous land-based teaching and learning can inform Indigenous food security, and support the development of food sovereignty frameworks grounded on self-determination, Indigenous knowledge, and a decolonized food system. What is Indigenous land-based […]
A Message from the Dean
A Message from the Dean Welcome to the Fall 2018 issue of Reach Out. As UBC has recently launched its 10-year strategic plan Shaping UBC’s Next Century, it has a new roadmap to guide decisions and actions – inspiring the very best in our students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners. As a leader in this […]
Investigating GHG Emissions from B.C. farms
Investigating GHG emissions from B.C. farms How can farmers manage their fields to reduce the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? What role does time of year play in the rise and fall of emissions? Do common crops, such as blueberries and potatoes, emit more GHGs compared to forage fields? A team of LFS […]
LFS round-up: Indigenous learning, support for food entrepreneurship, and more…
Fall 2018 ReachOut magazine is out! Read the latest stories on our research, students, faculty and alumni.
Banting Fellow to research social networks that influence farmers
Caroline Ritter was drawn to UBC to study the social networks of dairy farmers.
Next-generation pesticide captures Ignite BC award
Juli Carrillo and her research partners Terramera and SFU were recognized by Innovate BC with an Ignite award and $241,500 in funding.
Café Scientifique: GMOs in the food system
UBC hosts experts at alumni event, Café Scientifique: GMOs in the Global Food System.
Jeff Holmes
I wanted to prove to myself that I could do what it takes to get into a school like UBC.
Sugar loss during baking means calorie counts could be off
Food Science researchers measure how much of a recipe’s sugar is lost when cakes are browned.