Roberta Jaffe, Founding Director, Life Lab Science Program, Co-Founder of Community Agroecology Network

Urban Farm DB summary

This oral history details the career of Roberta Jaffe, co-founder of the Life Lab Science Program and the Community Agroecology Network (CAN). Jaffe was involved in the United Farm Workers movement, co-founded Santa Cruz County's first farmers' market in 1976, and established a school garden at Green Acres School, which led to the Life Lab Science Program. In 2001, she co-founded CAN, aiming to support self-sufficiency and sustainable practices in coffee-growing communities in Mexico and Central America.