{"id":102,"date":"2022-12-07T11:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:41:24","slug":"sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biological and Environmental Sciences<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Agriculture-wide-hero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"SAFS\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-safs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-679\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-679\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-677\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-677\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-678\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-678\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/affiliated-faculty\/\">Affiliated Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-676\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-676\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) graduate specialization takes a systems-based, interdisciplinary approach&nbsp;to the biological and environmental sciences as applied to agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, nutrition, and&nbsp;food safety. Our diverse group of faculty, with contributors from both the natural and social sciences, use a broad array of approaches to help achieve economically and ecologically sustainable production, management, consumption, and utilization of plants and animals for the development of healthy communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas of research include&nbsp;<em>animal science, aquaculture, aquatic pathology, ecological anthropology, ethnobiology,&nbsp;entomology, fisheries, nutrition and food sciences, plant sciences, resource economics and policy, and integrated agriculture and food systems<\/em>. SAFS benefits from the outstanding extension and outreach programs of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riaes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/seagrant.gso.uri.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rhode Island Sea Grant<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crc.uri.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coastal Resources Center<\/a>.&nbsp; We have established solid relationships with stakeholders (industry, local, state, and federal government, non-governmental organizations), and actively disseminate our research to stakeholders both locally and globally to facilitate the sustainable growth of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prospective students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong advisor-student relationship is central to the SAFS program. Prospective students should contact faculty directly to explore mutual interests before applying.&nbsp; Program flexibility encourages our students to work across traditional departmental boundaries and often seek interdisciplinary collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/meet\/patrick-baur\/\">Patrick Baur<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">SAFS Specialization Group Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Sustainable Agriculture\/Food Systems<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7083<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/katherine-h-petersson\/\">Katherine Petersson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">SAFS Specialization Group Coordinator, Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2951<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:kpetersson@uri.edu\">kpetersson@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/\" title=\"\">BES Main<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biological and Environmental Sciences Overview The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) graduate specialization takes a systems-based, interdisciplinary approach&nbsp;to the biological and environmental sciences as applied to agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, nutrition, and&nbsp;food safety. 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