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DFS Receives $100K from Keck Futures Initiative
The Center for Diversified Farming Systems received its first research grant from the… [read more]
Graduate Students Launch Diversified Agriculture Working Group
Visit them at: http://berkeleydawg.weebly.com/ The Diversified Agriculture Working… [read more]
Can “Carbon Ranching” Offset Emissions in California
NPR's Christopher Joyce on research conducted by DFS affiliate Whendee Silver: "Climate… [read more]
Seeking Applicants: Assistant Professor of Agriculture, Society, and Food Security
The Division of Society and Environment in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy… [read more]
Science Notes 2011: Give Bees a Chance
Honeybees have problems, but native bees can take up the slack. Danielle Venton checks… [read more]
About the Center
Students working on a farm in Kenya. Photo by Annie Chang
The Berkeley Center for Diversified Farming Systems brings together interdisciplinary researchers, writers, and practitioners to find solutions to the world’s most pressing agriculture-related issues and to launch the next generation of agricultural leaders.
With world-renowned faculty in the areas of agroecology, science, technology and society, agricultural economics, and rural sociology, the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources and our colleagues and friends are uniquely positioned to rethink the approach to agricultural development in a way that will restore ecosystem services and biodiversity. [Read More...]
