Food Systems Lab

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'Biodiversity & food: challenges and opportunities to “win more and lose less"'

Food and agricultural production account for a huge share of land use and land cover change on our planet, with a long, well-established legacy of detrimental effects on biological diversity. And yet, although less diverse than corresponding “natural” systems, these working agricultural landscapes also can provide important habitat values and other ecosystem functions. 

Professor Tom Tomich, Founder of the Food Systems Lab & Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, UC Davis and Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Biodiversity and Society, University of Oxford. 

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FSL project funded by USDA AMS: "Creating High Value Market Opportunities for California’s Small- and Mid-Scale Meat Producers"

Learn more: Watch the overview video

Participate: If you are interested in new regional market channels for meat and meat products in California, please fill out the appropriate survey below:

• Survey for meat/livestock producers

• Survey for slaughter/meat processors

• Survey for buyers/meat purchasers

Share: And feel free to share this info with others who may be interested!

Watch a recent KnowFOOD live episode

• May 19: KnowFOOD-WASTED, featuring Dana Gunders, Executive Director, ReFED, Brian Roe, Professor & Director, Food Waste Collaborative, Ohio State University, Edward Spang, Associate Professor & Lead, Food Loss and Waste Collaborative, UC Davis; 

  KnowFOOD hosts: Matthew Lange, Food Informatician and CEO of IC-FOODS, Courtney Riggle, Researcher with Food Systems Lab at UC Davis, and Co-founder of IC-FOODS

• April 21: KnowFOOD-KnowSENSE (Part 2), featuring Josh Silverman, CEO of Aromyx, Riccardo Accolla, Head of Food Science and Sustainability at ripe.io; KnowFOOD hosts: Courtney Riggle, Researcher with Food Systems Lab at UC Davis, and Co-founder of IC-FOODS, Robert Danhi, Chef; Chief Innovation Officer at Flavor360°

• March 17: KnowFOOD-KnowGROW, featuring Prof. Graham King, Executive Director of DivSEEK International; Professor of Crop Genomics, Southern Cross University, Australia, Dr. Liliana Andres Hernandez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Southern Cross University, Australia; KnowFOOD co-hosts: Matthew Lange, Food informatician and President/Co-founder of IC-FOODS, Courtney Riggle, Researcher with Food Systems Lab at UC Davis, and Co-founder of IC-FOODS