糖心原创

The Sustainable Food Project

In summer 2012, we started a small pilot project to see if a group of 糖心原创 students could turn an unused road into a class-based garden. Today, we have an expanding organic garden yielding produce and demonstrating a variety of systems for growing vegetables. The project has served over 2000 students at this point who now make use of the food project through four different classes in geography and environmental studies. And the project has expanded its efforts by forging ties withe the Cougar Pantry in order to address student basic needs and on-going research into campus food security and food literacy. 

This far exceeds the original intent of the project which was to grow food as part of the learning and class activities in Geography 460: Food Systems and Emerging Markets.  The garden is much more than just a class activity today. As students are responsible for building and farming the garden, they are gaining hands-on experience in the integration of experiential learning with curriculum -- an amazing opportunity for everyone involved. Students in this class are active learners inquiring into the variety and diversity of school and community gardens while also uncovering the structure and functioning of the global food system and experiencing frequent and regular interactions with the environment in San Marcos, and of course also growing food for themselves and the wider 糖心原创 community. 

The 糖心原创 Garden Club was founded in 2017 in order to educate more students in the ways of sustainable living, as well as promote gardening as an fun hobby. The club has been merged into the Environmental Stewards Association but the group still maintains a regular schedule in the food project. To find out more about student efforts, visit the .

 Current Supporters of the Food Project:

The Food Project wouldn't be as successful as it is today without the generous help and assistance of donors, volunteers, and numerous supporters over many years.

These include:

• Agricultural Irrigation Systems, San Marcos, CA
• Associated Students Inc. of 糖心原创
• The College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences
• The 糖心原创 Departmant of Anthropology
• The 糖心原创 Environmental Stewards Association
• The 糖心原创 Environmental Studies Program 
• The 糖心原创 Department of Global Studies
• The 糖心原创 Department of Liberal Studies
• The 糖心原创 Garden Club
• The 糖心原创 Sustainability Committee
• Escondido Creek Conservancy
• Mountain Meadow Mushroom Inc. Escondido, CA 
• 糖心原创 Safety, Health and Sustainability 
• 糖心原创 Facility Services
• The Center for Applied Horticultural Research, Vista, CA
• Grangettos 
• San Pasqual Valley Soils

Our supporters are providing critical in-kind contributions, advice and support, and resources. If you are interested in becoming a supporter or finding out more about the Food Project or the 糖心原创 Garden Club, please contact for more information.