Food Systems Major

April 17, 2023

Ground Truthing Phase 1 of UW Farm Strategic Plan with UW wǝɫxǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House

The team utilized community feedback through qualitative interviews to integrate Indigenous food sovereignty and perspectives into recommendations toward the furthering of Phase 1 of the UW Farm Strategic Plan, aiming to strengthen community engagement between the institution and the Indigenous community to build a more sustainable campus food system. Community Partner: wǝɫxǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House

UW Farm Strategic Goal #4: Contribute to UW Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Sustainability – Team 2

This project leverages established relationships to improve cross-campus buy-in and funding of Farm initiatives by visualizing the current and potential stakeholder network, uniting motivated students, and mobilizing invested campus partners to ensure sustainability of UW Farm production for enhanced student food security and sovereignty. Deliverables include: the Farm U.P. Table and petition, an institutional network…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #4: Contribute to UW Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Sustainability – Team 1

This team addressed one of the UW Farm’s strategic goals: Contribute to UW Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Sustainability. The group developed educational deliverables for First Year Programs to educate first-year students about the Farm and Food Pantry, increasing student knowledge and awareness of those resources and their own role(s) in the UW food system….

UW Farm Strategic Goal #3: Support Inclusive Community Building and Empowerment – Team 2

The team’s goal was to promote inclusive community building and empowerment through addressing the barriers that prevent student involvement at the UW Farm. This project brings the Farm to students through snack station pop-ups in campus study areas, and offers student the opportunity to decide on certain foods produced on campus. Community Partner: Cristina Owen,…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #3: Support Inclusive Community Building and Empowerment – Team 1

One of the UW Farm’s strategic goals is to support inclusive community building and empowerment. In order to address barriers to engagement with the Farm, this team developed four events to promote community building and connectivity to the UW food system. Opportunities to engage and learn about sustainable practices focuse on high school outreach, farm-to-table,…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #2: Deepen Student Understanding of Urban Food Production Systems – Team 2

This project focuses on the UW Farm’s strategic goal of deepening student understanding of urban food production systems. The team concentrated on strengthening the academic side of student engagement by creating two new courses: 1) NUTR 490: Special Topics in Urban Food Production, an introductory course on the topic, and 2) ENVIR 490: Undergraduate Fieldwork,…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #2: Deepen Student Understanding of Urban Food Production Systems – Team 1

The project goal was to deepen student understanding of urban food production systems by creating a well-rounded minor program in Urban Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Washington. The team worked to create a minor with longevity that would integrate culturally appropriate knowledge of urban agriculture, different from programs at other universities. Courses…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #1: Meet Academic Demand – Team 2

The UW Farm is a great resource for students across all disciplines at the University of Washington, yet there is a desperate need for funding and staffing to meet academic demand as presented in the Farm’s strategic plan. To help streamline the process of getting in contact/being involved at the farm, the team created a…

UW Farm Strategic Goal #1: Meet Academic Demand – Team 1

This project aims to meet academic demand for urban farming demonstrated by students as presented in the UW Farm’s strategic plan. The team delivered a UW Farm directory with university and local farm contacts, as well as a strategic plan for the creation of a webinar about social justice and urban farming. Community Partner: Josh…

March 30, 2023

Son Phung

Tell us about your background and what brought you to UW? I transferred from Highline College in Des Moines, Washington. UW had a lot of qualities that I was looking for in a four-year public university. The campus is extremely beautiful during spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and it is also…

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