Posts Tagged: Neal Van Alfen

New college degree: “Sustainable agriculture and food systems”

Students preparing food baskets at the UC Davis Student Farm (Photo: Ann Filmer)

The University of California, Davis, is launching a new undergraduate major — “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems.” The program integrates several subjects to give students an understanding of the many issues facing contemporary farming and food...

Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7:43 AM

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Author: Ann King Filmer

Tags: agricultural sustainability (2), education (2), food sustainability (2), Mark Van Horn (1), Neal Van Alfen (2), Student Farm at UC Davis (1), students (1), sustainable (3), Thomas Tomich (2), UC Davis (15)

World's first LEED Platinum winery, brewery and food-processing labs

A new winery, brewery and food-processing complex at the University of California, Davis, is the most environmentally sophisticated complex of its kind in the world, one that promises to unravel scientific enigmas and solve practical problems related to...

Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:43 AM

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Author: Ann King Filmer

Tags: beer (1), brewery (1), carbon (2), dairy (2), energy conservation (1), food processing (2), LEED Platinum (1), milk processing (1), Neal Van Alfen (2), UC Davis (15), water conservation (3), wine (2)