Feeding the world sustainably

Dr. Tara Moreau (PhD’10) is the Associate Director of Sustainability and Community Programs at UBC Botanical Garden where she oversees educational programs, sustainability initiatives, and community outreach. With the goal of advancing local and global sustainability, she designs and contributes to programs and partnerships such as the Sustainable Communities Field School, Grow Green Guide, and CBIRD. She is a board member at SPEC, a Vancouver-based environmental NGO; was a member of the Vancouver Food Policy Council (2012-2018); and has worked as a consultant with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2012, she completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions through a joint appointment at UBC and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She holds a PhD in Plant Science from the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, an MSc in Agriculture (Dalhousie University, 2004), and a BSc in Biology and Environmental Science (Bishops University, 2000).

Dr. Navin Ramankutty is professor and Canada Research Chair in Data Science for Sustainable Global Food Systems at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at UBC. He originally trained as an engineer but his interests shifted to climate science, global ecosystem science, and land and food system science. Today his research uses global data and models to explore solutions for sustainably feeding humanity.