{"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":"2026-09-10T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:17:08","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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) graduate specialization takes a systems-based, interdisciplinary approach\u00a0to the biological and environmental sciences as applied to agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, nutrition, and\u00a0food 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A strong advisor-student relationship is central to the SAFS program. Prospective students should contact faculty directly to explore mutual interests before applying.\u00a0 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  \" 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\u00a0to the biological and environmental sciences as applied to agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, nutrition, and\u00a0food safety. 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