Former UC President Janet Napolitano, together with UC’s 10 chancellors, launched the UC Global Food Initiative in July 2014. Building on existing efforts and creating new collaborations among UC’s 10 campuses, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and UC’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the initiative draws on UC’s leadership in the fields of agriculture, medicine, nutrition, climate science, public policy, social science, biological science, humanities, arts and law, among others. Its focus is both external, such as how UC translates research into policy and helps communities eat more sustainably, and internal, such as how UC leverages its collective buying power and dining practices to create desirable policies and outcomes. (source)

Pezzoli serves on the Senior Advisory Council for the UC Systemwide UC GFI. This Advisory Council published a Model 2.0 Framework for the UC GFI with a focus on research. As a part of this effort, all ten campuses have established a CAMPUS COLLABORATIVE CENTER (CCC). Pezzoli leads the UC San Diego CCC.

• View the UC Global Food Initiative Model 2.0 Researcjh Framework

• Download the UC Global Food Initiative Campus Collaborative Statement of Purpose

• Download the UC Global Food Initiative Campus Collaborative Guidelines