Albie Miles is Associate Professor of Sustainable Community Food Systems (SCFS) at the University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu. Dr. Miles received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) from UC Berkeley in 2013. His research explores the relationship between farming system biodiversity and ecosystem services from agriculture and the structural obstacles and opportunities to sustainable food and farming systems. He has worked at the UN FAO in Rome, Italy and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Miles currently serves on the Executive Committee member and chairs the Research Working Group of the Inter-Institutional Network for Food, Agriculture, and Sustainability (INFAS). Dr. Miles serves as Specialty Chief Editor of the Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Section on Social Movements, Institutions & Governance. For the University of Hawaii System, Dr. Miles chairs the UH System Basic Needs Committee. For more on the scholarship of Dr. Miles, please see the following.
- Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy & Management (Agroecology), University of California, Berkeley, 2006-2013
- Certificate in Ecological Horticulture, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994
- B.S. Environmental Studies and Education, California State University, Chico, 1991-1993
2014-Present: Associate Professor, Sustainable Community Food Systems
University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu
2006-2013: Graduate Student Instructor
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
1999-2006: University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
SCFS 120 ‘Aina and Place Based Education (‘Ike ‘Ai Pono Summer Program)
BIOL 124 Environment & Ecology
SCFS 300 Survey of Sustainable Community Food Systems of Hawai‘i
SCFS 310 Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture
SCFS 320 Theory and Practice of Sustainable Agriculture
SCFS 340 Food Sovereignty Nutrition and Human Well Being (OC)
SCFS 345 Native Planters: Traditional Agriculture Systems of Hawai‘i and the Pacific
SCFS 350 A Natural History of Bees and Beekeeping (WI)
SCFS 360 Survey of Literature on Agriculture, Food and the Environment
SCFS 450 Climate Change, Food Security & Resilience
SCFS 484 Agriculture Food and Human Values
SCFS 485 Cross-Cultural Environmental Ethics
SCFS 490 Sustainable Agriculture Practicum
APSC 490X Senior Food Systems Practicum
Miles, A. F., Jernigan, V. B. B., Dobie, P., Gassner, A., Hoy, C., Lincoln, N. K., Merrigan, K., Sowerwine, J., Raja, S., eds. (2023). Achieving food system resilience & equity in the era of global environmental change. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-83251-546-4.
Spring 2023: National Needs Assessment of State and Regional Food System Planning Initiatives
Spring 2023: Statewide Household Emergency Food Storage Assessment
Spring 2020: Food System Vulnerability Assessments: Transforming Hawaii's Food System Together
1. Vulnerability & Resilience in the Hawaiʻi Food System: https://transforminghawaiifoodsystem.org/old-kp-page/vulnerability-assessments/ ;
2. Honolulu Port Flood Vulnerability Assessment
April 2018: UH System Wide Student Food Security Assessment
Spring/Summer 2018: Statewide Farmer Needs Assessment
May 19-20, 2018: National Food System Resiliency and Equity Workshop, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
July 27-29, 2018: National Sustainable Agriculture Education Conference. UH – West Oahu.
Spring-Summer 2018: ISP for The Hawaiian Center for Sustainable Community Food Systems
2019: UH System Speaker Series on The Future of Food and Agriculture in Hawaii
- 2022-2024: WK Kellogg Foundation Hawaii Institute for Sustainable Community Food Systems Grant: $1,000,000.00
- 2021-2023: USDA NIFA UPBEAT Grant: $300,000.00
- 2021-2023: USDA NIFA Aloha Aina Academy: $300,000.00
- 2019/21: USDA NIFA ANNH Hawaii Agriculture Consortium Grant: $92,918.00
- 2018/20: USDA NIFA ANNH Hawaii Agriculture Consortium Grant: $102,000.00
- 2018/19: Kamehameha School Community Investing Grant: $100,000.00
- 2017/19: USDA NIFA ANNH; Individual Institution Grant: $406,000.00
- 2017/18: Kamehameha School Community Investing Grant: $154,000.00
- 2016/17: Kamehameha School Community Investing Grant: $169,998.00
- 2015/16: Kamehameha School Community Investing Grant: $167,861.00
- 2014/15: Kamehameha School Aina Ulu Grant: $150,00.00
Title: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agriculture: Evaluating the Influence of Floral Resource Provisioning on Biological Control of Erythroneura Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and Planococcus Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Vineyards
Summary: The research tested the natural enemies hypothesis in an attempt to explain why lower pest densities are observed in some diversified farming systems. The research evaluated the influence of floral resource provisioning (FRP) and chemical ecology strategies on biological control of Erythroneura leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and Planococcus mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in California vineyards. Field and laboratory studies quantified the impacts on crop damage, pest and natural enemy abundance, and natural enemies fitness theorized to be enhanced through floral resource provisioning in agroecosystems. Multiple two-year studies measured the impact of intercropping three flowering ground covers, lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), bishop's weed (Ammi majus), and common carrot (Daucus carota) on biological control of leafhoppers and vine mealybug by the parasitoids Anagrus spp. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Anagyrus pseudococci (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Using identical intercropping treatments, the research included three large scale and fully replicated research designs located in the central San Joaquin, the northern San Joaquin, and the Napa Valley of California. Laboratory studies quantified the impacts of FRP on the fitness of Anagyrus pseudococci, a key parasitoid natural enemy of vine mealybug. The central San Joaquin Valley field study measured the impact of FRP and pheromone based mating disruption on biological control of vine mealybug. The northern San Joaquin Valley field study measured the impact of FRP and methyl salicylate on biological control of Erythroneura leafhoppers. The Napa Valley field study measured the effect of methyl salicylate alone on biological control of Erythroneura leafhoppers.
- Agroecology
- Biologically Diversified Farming Systems
- Ecosystem Services
- Food Systems
- Ecological Sustainability
- Environmental and Food Ethics
- Food System Resilience
- Horticulture
- Organic Farming Systems
- Trans-disciplinary and Post-Secondary Food Systems Education
- Food System Planning and Implementation