![Julie Guthman, co-editor of The New Food Activism, has documented the limits of "shopping your way to social change."](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-august/julie_guthman_1.jpg) | Food worth fighting for | A new book co-edited by UC Santa Cruz scholar Julie Guthman documents the breadth of the movement to revamp food production. | | ![Portrait photo of UC Santa Cruz professor David Deamer](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-august/david_deamer.jpg) | By land or by sea? | A paradigm-shifting hypothesis laid out by UC Santa Cruz astrobiologists David Deamer and Bruce Damer could reshape our idea about the origin of life. | | ![A woman applauds at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden 50th anniversary celebration.](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-august/farm-50-1.jpg) | Organic originals | Revelers celebrated a half century of pioneering work in organic farming at the 50th anniversary of the Alan Chadwick Garden. | | ![Photo of Washington Post correspondent and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Nick Miroff](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-august/nick_miroff.jpg) | Reporting recognition | Washington Post correspondent and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Nick Miroff has been awarded a 2017 Maria Moors Cabot Prize for his reporting in Latin America. | | ![Reyna Grande portrait in a cowboy hat.](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-august/grande_reyna.jpg) | Slugs with pens | Many UC Santa Cruz alumni are making waves in the writing world. Check out our roundup of Slug scribes. | | ![2018 Alumni Weekend graphic banner UC Santa Cruz](https://connect.ucsc.edu/s/1069/images/editor/enews/2017-july/alumniweekend-2018.jpg) | Mark your calendar: Alumni Weekend 2018, April 27–29 | |
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