Amount Awarded: $23,700
In the face of current sustainable development challenges (e.g., UN's Agenda 2030), increased knowledge of our agriculture and food systems is of utmost importance. The global North - including the US and Norway, use a disproportionately large proportion of unsustainable inputs to the food system. On the positive side, both California and Western Norway are known centers of agricultural technological and institutional innovation to support sustainable landscapes and food systems, each with different strengths and vulnerabilities. This project will identify and analyze relevant farm and landscape scale innovations in California to share with Norwegian stakeholders engaged in strategic rethinking of their agriculture and food supply future. Likewise, California farmers and rural institutions will learn the Norwegian 'social contract' model of government support for multifunctional agriculture. The project will be linked with TRADMOD, a Norway Research Council initiative, enabling knowledge-sharing through the Nordhordland Biosphere stakeholder platform. We will generate robust findings and ensure cross-learning by: 1) conducting research in two California sites known for multiple farm and landscape scale innovations; 2) organizing two results dissemination and knowledge-sharing workshops in Berkeley and Bergen, with field trips to nearby landscapes; and 3) developing proposals for future collaborative research and scientific and policy papers for publication.