New members appointed to SFS panel

New members have been appointed by VP Allen-Diaz to the advisory panel for the Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative, announced Rose Hayden-Smith, initiative leader.

Members of the Sustainable Food Systems panel are

Roberta Cook, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis, food safety, distribution and marketing

David Doll, UCCE advisor in Merced County, nut crops and urban forestry

Cindy Fake, UCCE advisor in Placer and Nevada counties, horticulture and small farms

Matt Fidelibus, UCCE specialist in the department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, located at Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, wine, raisin and table grapes

Carol Frate, UCCE advisor in Tulare County, agronomy

Christy Getz, UCCE specialist in the department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, food systems

Bob Hutmacher, UCCE specialist in the department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis and director of West Side Research and Extension Center, agronomy and cotton

Ermias Kebreab, professor in the department of Animal Science at UC Davis and Sesnon Endowed Chair, sustainable agriculture

Mark Lubell, professor in the department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, water policy

Neil McRoberts, professor in the department of Plant Pathology at UC Davis, plant disease epidemiology

Tom Tomich, professor in the department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, W. K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems, director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, director of the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, sustainable agriculture and community development

Bart Weimer, professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis, director of BGI@UC Davis and faculty coordinator for the Office of Research

As part of the strategic initiative process, advisory panels work with their initiative leader to develop a plan of action for implementation of their strategic initiative. If you have suggestions for shaping the plan of action for any of the strategic initiatives, please share them with the appropriate initiative leader or with members of the advisory panel.

For more information about the initiative or to read the SFS draft strategic plan, visit http://ucanr.org/sites/SFS. The link to the plan is in the left column of the site.

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