Rachel Brand
Rachel (she/her) comes to the Center for Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE) with many years of research and teaching experience in the fields of environmental studies, food systems education and community engaged learning. Rachel has taught students of all ages in various settings ranging from classrooms to school gardens and community kitchens, to redwood forests. Before joining CFIE, Rachel spent the past decade as an adjunct professor and program director in the Urban Agriculture program at the University of San Francisco (USF). While teaching at USF, Rachel developed an innovative curriculum to address pressing food systems issues in higher education. Rachel incorporates critical pedagogy and human rights education into all aspects of her teaching and curriculum development.