FOOD SYSTEMS WORKING free! GROUP DINING HALLS 2013 CAMPUS EATERIES 2014 CAMPUS GARDENS FOOD SYSTEMS RELATED ACADEMIC COURSES STUDENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES STUDENT INTERNSHIPS & PROJECTS 8th edition FARMERS’ MARKETS FOOD FACTS Where to find sustainable food at UC Santa Cruz and discover ways to engage in your campus and community food system! The Food Systems Working Group ormed in 2003–2004, the • Creating Food Systems Working opportunities for F Group (FSWG) includes students to receive credit through • UCSC Undergraduate and Graduate UCSC students, staff, faculty, and classes and internships that focus students community members who have on food and farming • California Student Sustainability Coalition (CSSC) come together with the goal of • Supporting student projects with improving the campus food system. Measure 43 funding How YOU Can Get Involved • Hosting “Field to Fork” tours for FSWG works to bring sustainably To find out how to other universities and colleges grown food produced by socially attend upcoming interested in starting their own responsible operations to campus FSWG meetings farm-to-college programs dining halls and through a about exciting collaborative process, promote FSWG includes representatives from: campus and education and awareness of our • Center for Agroecology & community events food system. Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) and projects, visit See pages 4–6 in this Guide for a • Community Agroecology Network us at casfs.ucsc.edu/farm-to-college, detailed history of the farm-to- (CAN) or contact FSWG coordinators at college movement on the campus. • Community Alliance with Family [email protected] or (831) 459- Farmers (CAFF) 3675. Examples of FSWG activities include: • Students for Organic Solutions (SOS) • Become a friend of FSWG on Facilitating speakers, taste tests, • Program in Community & Facebook! Type “UCSC Food Systems and film nights at the colleges and Agroecology (PICA) Working Group” into Facebook’s dining halls • Education for Sustainable Living search engine and “Like” the FSWG • Holding conversations with dining Program (ESLP) page. hall directors and administrators • Campus Residential & Dining Above: Food Systems Working Group on food purchases that will further Services Core Team, 2012-2013. Bottom left: FSWG UCSC’s goal of procuring 40% Real • Student Environmental Center member Elan Goldbart serves up some Food for campus dining halls and (SEC) delicious organic whipped cream atop of establishments by 2020 • Campus Purchasing locally-sourced organic strawberries at • Organizing regional farm tours for • Monterey Bay Organic Farming the 2013 Strawberry and Justice Festival. students and the campus Consortium (MBOFC) Bottom right: A free Seed Exchange event, community • Interested UCSC Staff and Faculty sponsored by UCSC’s Demeter Seed Library. Contents About this Guide The Campus Food & Garden Campus Food Guide Guide is designed to help Food Systems Working Group (FSWG) ......................................inside front cover you find sustainable food You Are What You Eat: Why Local, Organic, Just, Sustainable .......................... 2 Contents on campus, to share what is Farm to College Movement at UCSC ....................................................................... 4 happening with our current Food Systems Working Group (FSWG) Organizations and Partners ............... 8 food system at UCSC, to raise Solidarity in the Food Justice Movement ........................................................... 13 awareness of opportunities Demeter Seed Library & Other Student Projects Funded by Measure 43 .... 14 on and off campus, and to Monterey Bay Organic Farmers Consortium (MBOFC) ..................................... 15 encourage involvement in UC Santa Cruz Dining ............................................................................................... 17 internships and volunteerism Seasonal Availability Chart ..................................................................................... 21 that address agriculture, Get Academic Credit for Studying the Food System ......................................... 22 hunger, nutrition, and social Get Academic Credit for Hands-on Internships and Classes .......................... 23 justice. It will also introduce Farmers’ Markets in Santa Cruz County ............................................................... 24 you to the many campus Student Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Harvest Festival ... 25 gardens and how you can get Community Organizations ..................................................................................... 26 involved with them. Our hope Food Matters ............................................................................................................... 29 is that this guide will help Retailers, Restaurants, and Cafés in Santa Cruz ................................................ 31 create connections and foster Sustainable Seafood ................................................................................................ 33 a strong network of people The Real Food Calculator Project at UCSC ........................................................... 34 who want to build a more Campus Garden Guide sustainable food system. Welcome to the Campus Gardens! ........................................................................ 35 Alan Chadwick Garden ............................................................................................. 36 CrediS T & Thank YouS CASFS/UCSC Farm ...................................................................................................... 37 The Food Systems Working Group (FSWG) would like to express our deep appreciation to Kresge Garden ............................................................................................................ 38 our 2013–2014 Campus Food Guide Coordina- College 8 Garden & Family Student Housing Garden ...................................... 39 tor, Megan Laird, and the following individuals: ediTorS Tim Galarneau and Martha Brown PICA Foundational Roots Garden .......................................................................... 40 GraphiC deSiGn Jane Bolling Design Oakes Garden ............................................................................................................. 41 ConTribuTorS Megan Laird, Elan Goldbart, Victoria Salas, Natalie Tran, Center for Agro- Stevenson Garden ..................................................................................................... 42 ecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Commu- Life Lab Garden Classroom ..................................................................................... 43 nity Alliance with Family Farmers, Internation- al Society for Ecology & Culture, UCSC Dining Gardening Events and Festivals ............................................................................. 44 Services, and others! arTists Jamie Shulander and Jane Bolling phoToGrapherS Candy Ber- Food System Learning Journeys ..................................................inside back cover lin, Martha Brown, Nancy Bustos Porto (ALBA), Paul Dileanis, Tim Galarneau, Abby Huetter, Kelsey Meagher, Victoria Salas, Natalie Tran, Keep your eyes peeled for this icon throughout this Alexandra Villegas, UCSC Dining Services t guide to find Volunteer & Internship Opportunities! UCSC CAMPUS FOOD & GARDEN GUIDE 1 You Are What Eat You are what you eat! What did you just eat? Do you know where it came from? Who grew it? What does it look like in the ground? How far did it travel? How does it make you feel? What’s a Food System? Why Local? fresh foods, and retains the cultural Food arrives on your plate via a Buying local is gaining popularity heritage of regional foods. Plus you food system—a network of farms, just like organics. have the opportunity to get to know farmers, processors, packers, drivers, your local farmers! Today, we can buy anything, at any grocery stores, eateries, farmers’ time, from anywhere on the planet. Although buying local is one way to markets, and consumers. The aver- This may be convenient, but it positively affect the food system, it age food item you eat today has comes with a cost: weakened local is important to recognize that the traveled 1,200 miles—not so good economies, fossil fuel pollution, and effort does not stop there. for you or for the planet. A healthy lower quality, less diverse types of food system embodies concepts food. Buying local helps small farm- Why Organic? such as local, organic, just, and ers survive and keeps money circu- organic food is better for you sustainable. What does your food lating within communities, provides and better for the environment. system look like? 2 UCSC FOOD SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP What you eat affects your body, your mind, your community, and the earth organic food is produced by farm- farmers, consumers, and communi- ers who use renewable resources, ties can create a more locally based, conserve soil and water, and self-reliant food economy. promote biodiversity to enhance What you can do to feel better and environmental quality for future to help grow a healthy food system: generations. • Visit farmers’ markets or join organic food is produced without Community Supported Agriculture synthetic pesticides, synthetic (CSA) projects. You Are What Eat fertilizers, or sewage sludge; bio- • Plan healthy meals with friends engineering; or ionizing radiation. and center your celebrations Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and around locally grown