[CPEO-BIF] "UC Davis eyes downtown Sacramento [California] railyard for new food center"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

UC Davis eyes downtown Sacramento railyard for new food center

By Dale Kasler, Ryan Lillis and Tony Bizjak
Sacramento Bee (CA)
May 20, 2014

UC Davis is considering Sacramento’s downtown railyard for a  
satellite campus devoted to food and agriculture programs, a center  
that could attract food processors and other companies to set up shop  
nearby.

University spokeswoman Luanne Lawrence said Monday the project would  
become part of UC Davis’ World Food Center, a year-old program  
focused on food safety, agricultural policy, nutrition and related  
matters. Lawrence said the project would also likely include a  
medical clinic for treating diabetes, obesity and other food-related  
disorders, and for providing nutrition counseling.

Lawrence said the project remains in the early stage of discussion,  
and the university hasn’t made any decision about the size of the  
development or how much it would cost. “We haven’t talked about  
square footage; we haven’t talked about physical plant,” she said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/05/20/6416713/uc-davis-eyes-downtown- 
sacramento.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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