Dec. 2-3, Tuesday and Wednesday -- This symposium will showcase local food systems projects funded by the statewide UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP), an affiliate of the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI). These projects demonstrate how partnerships and marketing opportunities can be created in new ways, linking consumers, distributors and producers in rural and urban areas. Cooperative Extension personnel, researchers, government agencies, nonprofits, farmers and community members are invited to share information, network and learn about regional food systems activities. Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm will be the keynote speaker. The event is co-sponsored by SAREP; ASI; UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, North Coast and Mountain Region; and the California Communities Program, a Cooperative Extension unit of the UC Davis Department of Human and Community Development. It will be held in the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Davis. More information is available online at: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cdpp/lfs08/.