https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/initiative/global-food-initiative
UC Global Food Initiative
WebsiteOakland, CA

Founding Year: 2014

Staff:

Budget:

Janet Napolitano (Founder)

It is an initiative of the University of California that “created new collaborations among UC’s 10 campuses”  in order to address a critical sustainability issue; namely, “how to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach eight billion by 2025.”  It aligns the “university’s research, outreach and operations in a sustained effort to develop, demonstrate and export solutions — throughout California, the United States and the world — for food security, health and sustainability”.

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UC Global Food Initiative contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals


  Organization Type

University

  Geographic Foci

Geofocus Unspecified/Irrelevant

 Subjects

Food|Food Security|Sustainability

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