Sustainable Food Systems Panel Members
How the Panel helps
The SI Panels help
Unify
1. Create vision, 2. Identify themes & priorities, 3. Input to Strategic Plan, 4. Hold meetings, 5. Operate a think tank, 6. Help build capacity, 7. Input to staffing needs, and 8. Manage grants
Communicate
1. Collate stories & highlights, 2. Develop materials (white papers, etc.), 3. Foster debate
Advocate
1. Represent UC ANR and the SI, 2. Engage stakeholders and government, 3. Raise awareness, 4.Represent on Program Council
Initiative Leader
![Photo of Jennifer Sowerwine](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/5143.jpg)
Jennifer Sowerwine
Title: Associate Specialist
Specialty: Metropolitan agriculture, sustainable food systems, agroecology, food security, food sovereignty.
Email: jsowerwi@berkeley.edu
Title: Associate Specialist
Specialty: Metropolitan agriculture, sustainable food systems, agroecology, food security, food sovereignty.
Email: jsowerwi@berkeley.edu
Panel Members
![Photo of Mary Lu Arpaia Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/65.jpg)
Mary Lu Arpaia Ph.D.
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Evaluation of preharvest and postharvest factor on subtropical crop productivity and fruit quality, including rootstock, cultivar, irrigation, pesticide and nutrition management strategies
Phone: (559) 646-6561
Email: mlarpaia@ucanr.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Evaluation of preharvest and postharvest factor on subtropical crop productivity and fruit quality, including rootstock, cultivar, irrigation, pesticide and nutrition management strategies
Phone: (559) 646-6561
Email: mlarpaia@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Whitney B Brim-Deforest](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/33566.jpg)
Dr Whitney B Brim-Deforest
Title: County Director, Sutter and Yuba Counties and CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor
Specialty: Rice, Weeds
Phone: 530-822-7515
Email: wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu
Title: County Director, Sutter and Yuba Counties and CE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor
Specialty: Rice, Weeds
Phone: 530-822-7515
Email: wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Sonja Brodt Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/3295.jpg)
Sonja Brodt Ph.D.
Title: Assoc. Director & Academic Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment), UC SAREP
Specialty: Agriculture, Resources, and the Environment
Phone: (530) 786-0331
Email: sbbrodt@ucanr.edu
Title: Assoc. Director & Academic Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment), UC SAREP
Specialty: Agriculture, Resources, and the Environment
Phone: (530) 786-0331
Email: sbbrodt@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Roselle C Busch](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/42949.jpg)
Dr Roselle C Busch
Title: Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist
Specialty: Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production
Phone: (530)754-1975
Email: rcbusch@ucdavis.edu
Title: Sheep and Goat Veterinary Medicine Extension Specialist
Specialty: Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production
Phone: (530)754-1975
Email: rcbusch@ucdavis.edu
![Photo of Nicholas E Clark](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/26947.jpg)
Nicholas E Clark
Title: Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor
Specialty: Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management
Phone: 559-852-2788
Email: neclark@ucanr.edu
Title: Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm Advisor
Specialty: Agronomic Cropping Systems and Nutrient Management
Phone: 559-852-2788
Email: neclark@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Monica Cooper](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/4979.jpg)
Dr Monica Cooper
Title: Farm Advisor-Viticulture
Specialty: Viticulture and Pest Management
Phone: (707) 253-4221
Email: mlycooper@ucanr.edu
Title: Farm Advisor-Viticulture
Specialty: Viticulture and Pest Management
Phone: (707) 253-4221
Email: mlycooper@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Danielle Lee](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/35120.jpg)
Danielle Lee
Title: Director of Communications & Research Engagement
Specialty: Public Health Nutrition
Phone: 530-460-3671
Email: dnilee@ucanr.edu
Title: Director of Communications & Research Engagement
Specialty: Public Health Nutrition
Phone: 530-460-3671
Email: dnilee@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Margaret G Lloyd](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/30630.jpg)
Margaret G Lloyd
Title: Small Farms Advisor
Specialty: Organic
Phone: 530-564-8642
Email: mglloyd@ucanr.edu
Title: Small Farms Advisor
Specialty: Organic
Phone: 530-564-8642
Email: mglloyd@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Zheng Wang](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/38885.jpg)
Dr Zheng Wang
Title: Vegetable Crop Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable crops and irrigation
Phone: 209-525-6822
Email: zzwwang@ucanr.edu
Title: Vegetable Crop Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable crops and irrigation
Phone: 209-525-6822
Email: zzwwang@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Houston Wilson Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/23154.jpg)
Houston Wilson Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Orchard/vineyard IPM, insect ecology, organic agriculture, agroecology
Phone: 559-646-6519
Email: samhw@ucr.edu
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Orchard/vineyard IPM, insect ecology, organic agriculture, agroecology
Phone: 559-646-6519
Email: samhw@ucr.edu
Contact Information
To learn more about this initiative, contact the Initiative Leader, Rachel Surls.
For media inquiries, contact Pamela Kan-Rice.