LFS|US AFFILIATED CLUBS
As a student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, you're part of a thriving community of students passionate about food systems, sustainability, and social justice. To connect with like-minded peers and get involved in meaningful projects, check out our list of clubs below! Whether you're looking to grow your knowledge, develop new skills, or simply hang out with fellow LFS enthusiasts, we've got something for everyone. From advocacy groups to community service initiatives, to skill-sharing workshops and more, our clubs are the perfect way to make your mark and leave a lasting impact.
UBC Cooking Club
The UBC Cooking Club is dedicated to introducing everybody to practical cooking skills and to help connect foodies alike. They host cooking sessions in the Food Nutrition and Health building. During cooking sessions, they create 2-3 dishes (both savory and sweet) together and enjoy the fruits of their labor. The club is also involved in charity efforts with food banks and soup kitchens.
Common Energy UBC
Common Energy UBC is the largest and most active student sustainability group at UBC. They work with four teams: Dialogue, Challenges, Tangible Solutions, and Food. Their projects range from Do It in the Dark (the energy competition in the first-year residence) to WWF Earth Hour and Compost Flash Mobs to designing student engagement strategy. Common Energy strives to incorporate sustainability into ALL aspects of the UBC community. CE works to create a space where students volunteer their time on a variety of projects in a team setting and, in exchange, receive professional development training at monthly "Big-Team" meetings. CE is a great place to meet like-minded people, make a difference, and take action on campus!
UBC Food Science Club
The UBC Food Science Club is an academic club looking for students from all disciplines to participate and contribute to an exciting year of food processing tours, demonstrations, and experiments of our own. Look forward to learning the science behind wine and cheese pairings, making wine, brewing beer, making yogurt, cheese, and all the great chemical reactions that happen in baked goods! For food science students of different ages, this is a great low-key environment to share advice about courses, programs, and student life, in general. Networking is an integral part of succeeding in your future career—start now in a low-pressure environment with your peers.
Roots on the Roof
Roots on the Roof (UBC Rooftop Garden Club) manages the rooftop garden space on top of the Nest, UBC’s student union building, and creates a communal space that celebrates sustainable and just food systems through healthy relationships with food, each other, and the natural world. They aim to raise awareness, and facilitate student and community capacity around food by growing and harvesting food sustainably, and by hosting activities and events to facilitate conversations around food, culture, health, and sustainability. By engaging with UBC’s diverse community, they hope to provide an avenue for knowledge sharing that facilitates dynamic ways to approach food system issues.
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PAW
The UBC Pre-Veterinary and Animal Welfare Club, or ‘PAW’, is dedicated to providing information to prospective vet students and those interested in topics of animal welfare. They host information sessions with veterinary school representatives from around the world, as well as talks with professionals from within both the fields of veterinary medicine and animal welfare. In addition to helping members prepare for veterinary school, they are also focused on helping members pursue other careers working with animals and to increase awareness on animal welfare-related topics.
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Nutrikids
Nutrikids is a UBC student initiative that provides nutrition education workshops in Vancouver elementary schools. Student volunteers work in pods to plan and run these interactive workshops, allowing them a chance to apply content learned in class while developing public speaking, teamwork, and leadership skills. This hands-on experience is invaluable for students, giving them a chance to advocate the importance of healthy eating and living in their community.
Our fundamental belief is that giving kids the opportunity to touch, feel, smell, taste, and experience a variety of whole foods, is key to cultivating a lasting relationship to healthy eating for life – therefore healthy, happy kids.
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Nutrition
Campus Nutrition is a student-led non-profit at the University of British Columbia that aims to educate students on making informed food choices that are both affordable and nutritious. Their mission is to empower students with the knowledge and tools needed to make healthy choices, with the goal of improving the overall student experience.
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Sprouts
Sprouts is a student-run, 100% volunteer organization at UBC that aims to provide healthy, affordable, and sustainable food options to everyone on campus. They are dedicated to making high-quality food and produce available to all through their cafe (located in the Life Building), community fridge, produce market and free meal distribution. The cafe is staffed entirely by volunteers and operates on a self-sustaining model, with all profits reinvested into the organization. Sprouts acknowledges the traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples of the region and is committed to supporting food sovereignty.
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Dietetics Student Community
UBC Dietetics Student Community is the dietetic student-led group at UBC who advocates for the dietetics program and profession at UBC. They host a variety of events to engage with the student body, connect with prospective dietetics students, and learn from Registered Dietitians in diverse areas of practice.
LFS|US COMMUNITY PARTNER
Agora Café
Agora Café is a student-run volunteer based café located in the basement space of the MacMillan building. All menu items are vegan and some options are gluten free and dairy free. Grab something sweet like their famous granola bars or brownies or their chickpea hummus with veggies if you're craving a healthy savory snack. The volunteers are passionate about serving healthy, affordable and accessible food for all students at UBC with the overall goal of leading UBC towards a sustainable future.
UBC Farm
UBC Farm is dedicated to fostering resilient, thriving, and socially just food systems for everyone. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm (CSFS) serves as a hub for teaching, research and learning that is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. Managed organically, UBC Farm produce is certified organic through NOOA, which cultivates over 200 varieties of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and also honey beehives. The farm aims to address food security, climate change, biodiversity loss, and decolonization through research, education, community engagement, and stewardship.
The LFS|US would like to acknowledge that we are situated and gathered on the
traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.
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