Winter 2003 (v14n3)
UC Davis coordinates sustainable agriculture curriculum
by Jenny Broome, SAREP
A committee has been established at UC Davis to evaluate and coordinate
campus sustainable agriculture activities and curriculum. Established
in April 2002 by Neal Van Alfen, dean of the UC Davis College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the 18-member committee includes
faculty and academic staff from 10 departments and several UC ANR statewide
special programs based at the campus.
"While there are as many programs and as much or more expertise
on sustainable agriculture at UC Davis as there are at universities with
more visible programs, they are not yet well integrated or coordinated
at this campus," said Van Alfen. "UC Davis has particular strengths
in the disciplines that contribute to the natural science aspects of this
multidisciplinary field of inquiry."
Van Alfen has charged the committee with developing an inventory of all
work related to sustainable agriculture at UC Davis, recommending an umbrella
organization to coordinate activities, review and provide recommendations
on possible undergraduate and graduate curriculum, and facilitate communication
and collaboration.
"Sustainable agriculture, properly organized, could become a major
theme for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC
Davis," Van Alfen said.
The committee is expected to report its findings to Van Alfen in Winter
2003.
Members of the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Committee on Sustainable
Agriculture:
| Chair: Eric Bradford, |
professor emeritus, animal science department |
| Kent Bradford, |
professor, vegetable crops department |
| Janet C. "Jenny" Broome, |
associate director, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program |
| Ted DeJong, |
professor, pomology department |
| R. Ford Denison, |
professor, agronomy and range science department |
| John Eadie, |
professor, wildlife, fisheries, and conservation biology department |
| Howard Ferris, |
professor, nematology department |
| William Horwath, |
associate professor, soil biogeochemistry; associate soil
biogeochemist, land, air and water resources department |
| Desmond Jolly, |
director, UC Small Farm Center; consumer extension specialist,
agricultural and resource economics department |
| Chris van Kessel, |
professor and chair, agronomy and range science department |
| Karen Klonsky, |
farm management extension specialist, agricultural and resource
economics department |
| Paul Marcotte, |
lecturer, community studies and development, human and community
development department; academic coordinator, International Programs |
| Robert Norris, |
professor emeritus, vegetable crops department |
| Kevin Rice, |
professor, agronomy and range science department |
| Roberto Sainz, |
International Agricultural Development (IAD); associate professor,
animal science department |
| Steven Temple, |
extension specialist, agronomy and range science department |
| Mark Van Horn, |
director, UC Davis Student Experimental Farm |
| Frank Zalom, |
specialist in Cooperative Extension, entomology department |
