Project Leader

Nathan McClintock is a PhD candidate in geography at UC Berkeley. Broadly, he is interested in the dynamics giving rise to urban agriculture and the ways in which urban agriculture, in turn, responds to these dynamics. Overall, his goal is to conduct applied research that bridges the environmental and social sciences, innovates agricultural research, extension, and education, and contributes to the development of more a sustainable agrifood system.

Nathan is a 2007 - '09 Graduate Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change, a 2008 - '09 Switzer Environmental Fellow, a 2009 - '10 CFERP Dissertation Fellow, and 2010 - '11 recipient of the Roselyn Lindheim Award in Environmental Design and Public Health. His research interests draw on more than a decade of experience in sustainable agriculture as a researcher, trainer/instructor, journalist, consultant, and organic farmer. He has worked on agricultural development projects with the Rodale Institute in Senegal and Partners in Health in Haiti, and conducted short-term research and extension in Bangladesh, Brazil, Mali, Mexico, and Nepal. He served as a Peace Corps agricultural extension volunteer in Mali, and has farmed in British Columbia and North Carolina. He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1996) and a M.S. in crop science/sustainable agriculture from North Carolina State University (2004) where he studied nutrient cycling in organic farming systems. He currently holds a seat on the Oakland Food Policy Council where he has been working with the City of Oakland's Planning Department to develop new zoning for urban agriculture.

He will be joining the faculty at Portland State University's Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning in December 2011.

Research Assistants

Noah Bartlett received his BS in Conservation & Resource Studies in 2009 from UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. His research interests lie at the interface between plant biology and anthropogenic drivers of environmental change.

Jabari Brown received his BS in Environmental Science major from UC Berkeley, and was a Biology Scholar, and Pre-Graduate Pathway Research award recipient. He is interested in the impact of land management practices on urban ecosystems.

Jenny Cooper received her BA in Geography from UC Berkeley in 2008. Her research interests include climate justice and the intersections of climate change and development. Jenny now works with the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC, on international climate policy.

Eric George is a Society & Environment major in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. He is double majoring in Conservation and Resource Studies. His research interests are in sustainable soil management and agroecology.

Snehee Khandeshi was a Geography and City Planning double major. She is interested in sustainable cities and was an intern at the Dept. of Housing & Urban Development.